Where Does Cocoa Come From?

10/10/2020 4:05:00 PM
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Do you know?

  • Chocolate is made from cocoa beans.
  • It takes 400 cocoa beans to make one pound of chocolate.

Let's explore how to make cocoa!

FACT: Cacao leaves can move 90 degrees, from horizontal to vertical, to get sun and to protect younger leaves.

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Listen and choose the correct answer to each of the following questions.

  • Where does the theobroma tree come from?
  • How does cocoa powder taste?
Where does the theobroma tree come from?
  • Asian
  • Europe
  • Africa
How does cocoa powder taste?
  • bitter
  • spicy
  • sour

Complete the text you are listening to by dragging the correct word to each blank.

Where Does Cocoa Come From? 

Written by Elizabeth Baker

Almost everyone loves chocolate. Chocolate comes from cocoa, so in a way, we also love cocoa. But what is cocoa? Where does it come from? Cocoa comes from the cocoa bean.

The cocoa bean comes from the theobroma tree. This tree grows in Africa. It makes pods with a . The cocoa pods are filled with white seeds. People pick the pods off the tree. Then, they take the seeds out of the pod. Finally, they leave the seeds out to dry.

When the seeds are dried, they are put into a machine. The machine is a press. The seeds are into a fine powder. It is cocoa . It has a very taste. When we add sugar and milk to cocoa powder, it creates the delicious chocolate that we love. This is how we get the cocoa powder that we use in our chocolate. 

The next time you eat chocolate cake or drink hot chocolate, remember that it came from a bean on a tree!

Reading the passage and then answer the questions.

Where Does Cocoa Come From? 

Written by Elizabeth Baker

Fine cocoa powder. Image: foodbusinessnews.net

Almost everyone loves chocolate. Chocolate comes from cocoa, so in a way, we also love cocoa. But what is cocoa? Where does it come from? Cocoa comes from the cocoa bean.

The cocoa bean comes from the theobroma tree. This tree grows in Africa. It makes pods with a thick peel. The cocoa pods are filled with white seeds. People pick the pods off the tree. Then, they take the seeds out of the pod. Finally, they leave the seeds out to dry.

When the seeds are dried, they are put into a machine. The machine is a press. The seeds are crushed into a fine powder. It is cocoa powder. It has a very bitter taste. When we add sugar and milk to cocoa powder, it creates the delicious chocolate that we love. This is how we get the cocoa powder that we use in our chocolate. 

The next time you eat chocolate cake or drink hot chocolate, remember that it came from a bean on a tree!

Where does chocolate come from?
  • a kind of grass
  • a kind of animal
  • a kind of tree
  • a kind of flower
According to the passage, what is the function of a press?
  • It turns the cocoa into chocolate.
  • It grinds the seeds into powder.
  • It adds powder to the seeds.
  • It takes the seeds out of the pod.

If cocoa beans didn't exist, which food would also not exist?

  • marshmallow
  • chocolate cake
  • jelly
  • chips
What is the main idea of the third paragraph?
  • the production process of cacao powder
  • the description of a unique chocolate flavor
  • the appreciation of famous chocolate cakes
  • the suggestion of popular chocolate brands

Put the right word in each blank. The sentences are from the text.

  1. It makes pods with a .
  2. The seeds are into a fine powder.
  3. It is cocoa .
  4. It has a very taste. 

Put the right word in each blank. These are new sentences for the words in the text. 

  1. Everything was covered with a layer of dust.
  2. The car was completely under the truck.
  3. Black coffee leaves a taste in the mouth.
  4. You can buy milk in form.
  5. The dessert was decorated with strips of lemon .