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31 Combine and sift the powdered sugar and cacao powder into a mixing bowl. Drop the extract.

32 The Aztecs saw the potential of the cacao tree to invigorate wealth as well as strength so their god name Quetzalcoatl was assigned to guard it.

33 He owns a cacao plantation in this swath of untamed cloud forest in northern Venezuela, where ocelots dart under towering saman trees and howler monkeys shriek at visitors.

34 Cacao nibs are unsweetened, somewhat unusual in taste and can be found in better health food stores.

35 Discovered by the ancient Mayans , the seeds of the cacao tree have long been perceived as an energy source.

36 Many growers prefer to keep hybrid cacao trees that are tougher but produce lower-quality chocolate than the Criollo tree, which was domesticated 3,[http://sentencedict.com/cacao.html] 000 years ago.

37 While most of us probably wouldn't settle for33) a chocolate paycheck these days, statistics show that the humble cacao bean is still a powerful economic force.

38 Cacao and chocolate were an important part of Maya culture.

39 The production of flowers and fruits on the older branches or trunks of woody plants, such as the redbud, and many mostly tropical plants, including cacao.

40 These beverages were around 500 years earlier than the frothy chocolate-flavored drink made from the seed of the cacao tree that was such an important feature of later Mesoamerican culture.

41 Mix Amaretto, schnapps and creme de cacao in tall shot glass. Carefully layer Irish cream on top.

42 A bitter, colorless alkaloid, C7H8N4O2, derived from the cacao bean, found in chocolate products and used in medicine as a diuretic, vasodilator , and myocardial stimulant.

43 While most of us probably wouldn't settle for a chocolate paycheck these days, statistics show that the humble cacao bean is still a powerful economic force.

44 The creation of the first modern chocolate bar is credited to Joseph Fry, who in 1847 discovered that he could make a moldable chocolate paste by adding melted cacao butter back into Dutch cocoa.

45 Few people get to sample the fruit of the cacao tree. It was mild tasting, with a subtle, bittersweet chocolate flavor.

46 The spread of the cacao tree started during the age of Colonialism, as did the spread of cacao beans, and of chocolate itself.

47 Archaeologists found traces of cacao use at an Olmec site in Honduras, dating to 1100-1400 B. C. The Maya of 250-900 A.

48 And what about the fat found in the cacao bean?

49 Confusingly enough, there was also a liqueur named pousse-cafe flavoured with cacao, anisette and curacao.

50 Study on Somatic Embryogenesis and Plant Regeneration of Theobroma Cacao L.

51 Shapiro says the average West African cacao tree farmer produces only about 400 kilograms of cocoa beans per hectare.

52 On one of our expeditions , our guide pointed out a cacao tree growing wild in the jungle. I had never seen one before.

53 Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties, suitable for use in the most sacred rituals of birth, marriage and death.

54 Both the Mayans and Aztecs believed the cacao bean had magical, or even divine, properties18), suitable for use in the most sacred19) rituals of birth, marriage and death.

55 Finally, there is the Trinitario variety of cacao, which is a cross between Criollo and Forastero.

56 You would be surprised to learn that chocolates actually grow on trees known as the, "Cacao Tree".

57 When the Spaniards came to Mexico in the sixteenth century, they started drinking cacao too.

58 By 1500 B. C. , they were refining chocolate from the cacao bean and using it in religious ceremonies.

59 The health benefits of chocolate come from flavonoids, a type of phytochemical found in the cacao bean.

60 The only difference between the two versions of creme de cacao is color.