Mexico-Tabasco

Cardenas, cacao plantations. Cutting the cacao pods from the trees. Today Mexico's cacao production is small relative, nevertheless there are still thousands of tons of cacao grown and processed each year in Mexico. Tabasco accounts for approximately 80% of Mexico's total production. The ancient cacao variety is cacao criollo, which today is prized for it's more delicate flavor. Though the cacao plant does not derive from Mexico, it was in Mexico that indigenous communities, largely the Mayas, first cultivated the plant and consumed cacao as a drink.

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Cardenas, cacao plantations. Cutting the cacao pods from the trees. Today Mexico's cacao production is small relative, nevertheless there are still thousands of tons of cacao grown and processed each year in Mexico. Tabasco accounts for approximately 80% of Mexico's total production. The ancient cacao variety is cacao criollo, which today is prized for it's more delicate flavor. Though the cacao plant does not derive from Mexico, it was in Mexico that indigenous communities, largely the Mayas, first cultivated the plant and consumed cacao as a drink.