cacao
IPA: kʌkˈeɪoʊ
noun
- A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
- This tree's seed, the cocoa bean.
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Examples of "cacao" in Sentences
- Cacao bean shell poisoning in a dog.
- Cacao is the tree, not the chocolate.
- Percentages indicate the cacao content.
- They subsist primarily by farming cacao.
- The cacao tree is native to the Americas.
- The principal exports are copra and cacao.
- The poisoning of livestock by cacao products.
- Another culturally important plant was the cacao.
- Fazenda and the cacao farm are farmland to produce luxuries.
- Vinson said chocolate was given the name cacao, meaning "food of the gods."
- After dinner a small piece of cheesecake made with real cacao is just perfect.
- They mixed cacao seeds with different seasings to create a spicy, frothy drink.
- Although high in cacao, it retains an almost milk chocolate richness that imparts a creamy mouthfeel.
- (Only 5-10% of the world's cacao is good quality Criollo, or higher grade Trinitario, mostly single estate specialists.)
- Frequently hand-ground, cacao is combined with almonds, cinnamon and other ingredients to make what is generally acknowledged as the best chocolate in Mexico.
- a brief survey of the history of cocoa and chocolate, I shall begin with the growing of the cacao bean, and follow the _cacao_ in its career until it becomes the finished product ready for consumption.