It may be confusing to differentiate cocoa from cacao, but when it comes to the latter, you're likely thinking of the beans. And roasting these beans is necessary to get that delicious chocolatey ...

reserving “cocoa” for the powder left after pressing the fat out of the ground beans (1). Makers of raw (unroasted) or less processed cacao bean products often use the word cacao rather than ...

Cacao powder is made from raw cacao beans and nibs that are fermented and then roasted. They're then milled into a powder. They’re processed at much lower temperatures than the beans used to ...