It has been past for more than four centuries since the discovery of cocoa and the invention of delicious chocolate.
The magic of chocolate is the pleasure, the fun, the silky sweetness that melts in the mouth. But do you know where the main source of chocolate, the cocoa bean, comes from?
Well, cocoa beans are mostly from these major regions West Africa, South America, Southeast Asia . Because cacao trees need to grow in tropical climates, at the equator area. The nearest from us China is Indonesia, which grows on countless islands and is the world's third largest producer.
The second largest cocoa producer in the world is Ghana in West Africa. Gold, cocoa, and timber are its main industries. Ghana produces 17% of the world's cocoa, and its unique alpine and rainforest terrain and equatorial location give the locally grown beans a rugged, strong cocoa aroma.
So how about the the world's largest cocoa bean production place? Cote d 'Ivoire in West Africa, which has a very good planting environment, accounts for 40% of the world's annual cocao output, and it is also known as the Kingdom of Cocoa. The beautiful Ivory Coast of West Africa, a land of cocoa beans and the origin of the sweet ingredient that delivers such a sweet gift to people all over the world.
