Cocoa vs. Cacao

What do you think about these two words? Do they have any differences or similarities? Have you read anything about them before?

Cocoa vs. Cacao

Both of these words refer to a brown-colored material from which chocolate and cocoa butter are made, but 'cacao' is the raw material, the unroasted, not-yet processed beans that have been harvested from trees, and 'cocoa' refers to the roasted, processed powder that is ready for use.

Differences

As stated above, 'cacao' is harvested from the cacao beans from the trees and it is unroasted, and not processed, meaning that it cannot be used. Look:

After that, add the cacao powder and mix it.

The raw form of cocoa is called cacao.

However, 'cocoa' is the processed dark powder that can be used with milk, cocoa butter, etc. Check out the examples below:

Don't forget to add the cocoa powder to the mixture.

When cacao is roasted, it is called cocoa.

Similarities

Both of these words refer to the dark powder and beans that are harvested from cacao trees. Look at the examples below:

Where can we find cacao trees in this place?

After adding a teaspoon of vanilla, you can add some cocoa powder if you want.

Are They Interchangebale?

We can use these words interchangeably since the listener will not get confused and will get the same meaning using either of the words. Compare:

✓ Would you like to have cocoa butter or shea butter?

✓ Would you like to have cacao butter or shea butter?

As you can see, the meaning is the same of that of the previous sentence.

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