What's the difference between cocoa beans and coffee beans?

Cocoa and coffee are two different plants with different tastes.

Chocolate, formerly known as cacao, is a seed taken from the fruit of a cocoa tree, which grows directly from tree trunks and branches, also known as cocoa pods. Mature cocoa fruits, that is, cocoa pods, change in color from turquoise to yellowish brown or reddish brown, with different shapes and sizes and colors depending on the species of trees. Split the pod and you can see cocoa beans wrapped in white floc. Take out the beans to dry, then bake them to be cocoa beans.

Cocoa (Cacao) growth conditions are very harsh, cocoa trees can only grow in 20 degrees north and south latitudes, 30-300m above sea level, with 1000 mm rainfall in tropical rain forest areas. The growth of cacao trees needs sufficient sunlight and temperature, but it can not be irradiated directly, so there must be good shading and wind protection measures. The origin of the coffee tree is Ethiopia in Africa.

Coffee (caf é) belongs to tropical woody plants of Rubiaceae. Climate is the decisive factor for coffee cultivation. Coffee trees are only suitable for growing in the tropics or subtropics, so the zone between latitude 25 degrees south and north is generally called coffee belt or coffee area. When other growth conditions are the same, the higher the altitude, the better the quality of the coffee. Coffee beans, commonly known as coffee beans, are actually the seeds of the fruit of coffee trees. They are called coffee beans only because they are shaped like beans. "