Natural Cocoa Trees in Ghana

Cocoa is a tropical plant (Theobroma cacao) that produces pods.  These pods contain seeds which are called cocoa beans. After harvesting, the pods are opened, and the seeds are removed and fermented by drying them in the sun. Pure CocoaThrill is made by crushing cocoa beans and removing the fat or cocoa butter.

Cocoa Seeds

Each cocoa pod contains about 24 cocoa beans.

A cocoa tree can produce between 60 to 80 pods. Pollination of the tree can yield more pods. In Ghana, we harvest twice yearly because the soil is very fertile.

How We Make Pure Cocoathrill

The cocoa pods are harvested, the beans removed and then fermented in the forest with natural sunlight. The process of fermentation takes about two weeks during which the beans are dried, and the moisture of the beans is reduced giving us the flavor and aroma we all love.