22K views · 55 reactions | The fruit of the cocoa tree grows directly from the trunk, and the pulp of one fruit can contain up to 50 beans. Before a farmer can harvest from the tree, it needs to produce its first pods which can take 3-5 years. #YaraGhana #QualityCrops #GhanaFarming | Yara Ghana | Facebook

Have you ever seen a cacao pod?! This is a beautiful fruit that chocolate is made out of 🤯 The craziest part about this fruit is that my favorite part of it is the pulp around the seed! You eat it like a quenepa and it has a sweet and sour flavor which to me is like a lighter almost sour sop like flavor. I really wanted to make a lemonade with it so I soaked the seeds in water for about five minutes until the pulp started to puff up then stirring it until the water turned milky then finally str

47K views · 560 reactions | Cocoa beans are the dried and fermented...