How many "aliases" are there for coffee beans?

Chocolate is one of the favorite snacks of many young friends. But many people think that cocoa and coffee are the same plant, but they are not. According to Fuligao coffee experts, there is a big difference between cocoa and coffee.

Looking at the picture alone, many people may not know whether these black beans are coffee beans or cocoa beans. In the end, what is the difference between these two kinds of beans which are very similar in appearance? Please take a look at the in-depth analysis brought by the Fulaigao coffee expert.

Cocoa: cacao (also known as cocoa.) One of the three largest beverage plants in the world, native to tropical America, can be used as beverages and chocolates, nutritious, mellow and fragrant. Cocoa beans are the fruit of cocoa trees. long before Columbus arrived in the United States, residents of tropical Central America, especially the Mayans and Aztecs, knew the use of cocoa beans, not only into beverages, but also as a medium of exchange. In the 16th century, cocoa beans were introduced into Europe, refined into cocoa powder and chocolate, and refined into cocoa butter.

Chocolate, as we know it, is made from cocoa beans into cocoa powder and then added to sugar, milk, peanuts and other excipients, which has nothing to do with coffee.

Coffee: coffee is a perennial evergreen shrub or small tree of the family Rubiaceae. It is a horticultural perennial cash crop. The ripe coffee berries are bright red in shape, sweet in flesh and contain a pair of seeds, namely coffee beans (CoffeeBeans).

After removing the pulp, washing, roasting and other procedures, the coffee beans become the coffee beans we see now. The coffee beans are ground into powder and extracted with different utensils. This is the coffee that makes the editor infatuated. Tea, coffee and cocoa are called the three major drinks in the world.