The benefits of cacao are truly fantastic: it can improve your memory, increase your bliss, reduce heart disease, shed fat, boost immunity, and create loads of energy. The Incas considered it the drink of gods, an association that gave rise to the scientific name of the cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao, from the Greek words theo (god) and broma (drink). PDSCacao #CacaoPh #CacaoNursery #FinoAromatico #HeirloomCacao #VillaSaludoFarm #Cacao #BeanToBar #PhilippinesChocolate #PinoyChocolate Read more: http://dailysuperfoodlove.com/2852/21-fantastic-benefits-of-cacao/

Locally, some regions, such as Davao, Batangas and Bohol, are better associated with cacao than others, but cacao can grow almost anywhere in the Philippines there are coconuts. “The Philippine climate is the best to grow cacao,” shares Mia Concepcion, Media Information Administrator and Marketing officer of non-stock, non-profit organization Plantacion de Sikwate Cacao Producers Association, Inc. (PDS), citing factors such as the country’s ample rainfall and ample sunshine, flat terrain, fertile soil, and use of organic inputs in certain regions. Better yet, the Philippines is able to grow all three kinds of beans—even the rare Criollo, which the folks of PDS are in the process of searching for in hopes of coming up with a cacao blend called Filipino Aromatico that could put the country on the world map. http://www.pepper.ph/taste-test-celebrate-philippine-cacao-local-bean-bar-dark-chocolate/

Dried and fully fermented fatty seed of Theobroma cacao https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocoa_bean

WHAT : BAGAC CACAO TECHNO-FORUM WHERE: GUBAT FARMS RESORT, SITIO MATALANGAO, BRGY. BANAWANG, BAGAC, BATAAN WHEN : February 28, 2017 TIME : 8:00 AM – 5:00PM For Inquiries, please SMS/Call Mr. Manuel Carpio: +639257445117 Mr. Mel Santos: +639205442039 +639167170207 REGISTRATION IS FREE! Food will be served. Special thanks to Guillermo Bantugan