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<div class = "pull-right">https://steemitimages.com/DQmaQiswZuVrJVZ7vx8EHqryDvji6WA3ofojqyMcZJ73xbR/cacao%20frutos.jpg <center> <a href = "https://www.google.co.za/search?q=frutos + del + cocoa & source = lnms & tbm = isch & sa = X & ved = 0ahUKEwjUuoDK0q_ZAhWjl-AKHbP4AbIQ_AUICigB & biw = 1280 & bih = 887 # imgrc = G67H_-hHV7NipM: "> Source </a> </center> </div> Cocoa is a fruit of tropical origin, it found for the first time in Mexico. This fruit was cultivated by the Mayans more than 2500 years ago. The word cocoa has millenarian origin, derives from the Nahuatl word (indigenous language) cacahoatl or cacahuatl, which means "bitter juice.
The Aztecs cultivated these fruits thanks to the Mayans.
These called "cacahuat" to cocoa and "xocolatl" to the drink that was obtained from processing its fruits

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This fruit arrived in Europe thanks to the colonization of America. The Spanish conquistadors marveled at the chocolate drinks in Mayan and Aztec lands. However, the place of birth of cocoa is South America.
The legends tell that when Columbus arrived in Venezuela he found that the cacao tree extended in the coastal regions to the east, in the center and south of the Maracaibo lake basin. The Spaniards also noticed the existence of large cocoa fields in the jungles of the Rio Negro and the upper Orinoco. The Venezuelan Indians prepared a drink with the cocoa seed, which they knew as CHACOTE. Like the Aztecs, the Venezuelan natives used cocoa beans as a method of payment (currency).

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## <center> Curiosities ... </center>

* The cocoa fruit grows on the trunk of the tree. Once the tree is planted at approximately 4 or 5 years, it begins to bear fruit. Each fruit contains between 20 and 30 seeds.
* Both the tree, the fruit, the seeds and the dust that is obtained from the seed is called cacao.
* Some passionate farmers grow their cocoa trees next to vanilla trees, so that over time the fruits acquire the flavor of their neighboring trees.
* It is said that the bitter rind of the fruit is good as a fertilizer for the crop.

## <center> The Cocoa in Venezuela ... </center>

The traditional zones of cocoa cultivation in Venezuela correspond to three regions:

* Northeast, which includes the Sucre, Monagas and Delta Amacuro states. In this area, 43% of the total area of ​​cocoa is grown.

* North Central, which includes Miranda, Aragua, Carabobo, Guárico and Yaracuy, which occupy 37% of the cultivated areas.

* South-western, includes Apure, Barinas, Portuguesa, Mérida and Zulia, with 20% of planted area.

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<center> See: <a href=":http://chocolateslamucuy.com/distribucion-geografica-del-cacao-en-venezuela/"> Source of Information and Image </a> </center>
In small plantations of the coastal valleys, the plains and the foothills of the Andes, Venezuelan farmers have developed the art of cultivating the finest varieties of Criollo and Trinitario cacao for generations.
For centuries, experts have agreed on a basic reality: Venezuelan cacao is the most tasty and aromatic in the world. And Chocolates El Rey uses only 100% Venezuelan cocoa, fermented, dried in the sun and processed using the latest technology. From this marriage between art and science are born unique chocolates that redefine global standards of excellence.

<center> Consult: http://www.chocolateselrey.com/~cacao/page/del-cacao-al-chocolate </center>

## <center> From Cocoa to Chocolate ... </center>
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The scientific name of the cacao tree is Theobroma cacao, the plant has a perennial leaf of the Malvaceae family. The meaning of Theobroma in Greek is food for the gods. The mature cacao tree can provide between 40 and 30 fruits
On the other hand, the cacao tree comes from the Amazon (upper Amazon River basin) and includes countries such as Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil, but after several years it was taken to Central America by the Maya and cultivated widely in Mexico and Central America.
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## <center> **According to data from Chocolate la Mucuy** </center>

>><div class = "pull-right"> https://steemitimages.com/DQmbwMc9FMnsNQaqP7qCRw1xj3S8ZwMWf3pZrvpoDCVpNck/mapa-principales-productores-cacao.jpg <center> <a href = "http://chocolateslamucuy.com/principales-productores -of-cocoa-in-the-world / ">Source </a> </center> </div> For 2017 the main producers of cocoa were Ivory Coast with 38% production, followed by Ghana, with 19% and Indonesia, with 13%. This Production is of the Forastero type cocoa that occupies an important percentage of the total of cocoa that reaches the international markets.
In South America, the largest producer was Brazil, with 5%; followed by Ecuador, with 4% and Venezuela with 0.6% of production

>> Consult in: <a href="http://chocolateslamucuy.com/principales-productores-de-cacao-en-el-mundo/"> Source of Information </a>

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## <center> **And as not to mention these fruits, if my delirium is Venezuelan chocolate.** </center>
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