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Cacao and Cocoa
Cacao, Cocoa, Chocolate
It is only in English that it is divided into two different vocabulary words.
Like macaron and macaroon, I didn’t really realize these two words were different.
When we read, our brain no longer spells letters one by one but rather remembers the shape of the word. That’s why we can still read the writing even though it’s intentionally made a typo though.
In fact, I just realized that this word has 2 types of writing because even the pronunciation is almost the same if you say it quickly.
All this time I think both of them are the same thing and probably one of them was a misspelling until I found a brand that uses the word “cacao” but it feels wrong because the word “cocoa” is more familiar to me.
I was curious to find the correct spell then realized there was nothing wrong with them because they have different meanings.
I’m looking for more because I am crazy about chocolates.
In general, cacao is a seed that a shaped like a bean while cocoa is the main ingredient to make chocolate and processed product from cacao.
You can see the illustration like the picture above. What makes this issue interesting is that this conundrum just exists in one language, which is English.
Other languages use the same vocab for the ingredients, the finished product, or even the seeds. In our country, there is only one name for this food, it’s just that we sometimes call it based on its shape, for example, bars, powders, seeds, drinks, etc. Let’s jump into more detail to discuss this issue!
The botanical name for the chocolate tree is Theobroma Cacao. “Cacao” comes from the Olmec people who inhabited what is now Mexico, and it is believed to be the closest pronunciation to the original name of the plant.
History shows that chocolate changed hands from the Olmec to the Mayans to the Spanish.
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