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| The tree that gives us chocolate is the cacao (kah-KOW) tree. |
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| The chocolate we eat is made in the final step, called conching (KONCH0ing). |
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| Each year people around the world consume, or eat, tons of chocolate. |
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| The beans also change on the inside in a process called fermentation. |
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| Sugar, cocoa powder, cocoa butter, and other ingredients are rolled and mixed until smooth. |
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| then, someone using a large blade called a machete (mah-SHET-ee) cuts the pods open. |
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| But during the 1600's, people began grinding large amounts of cacao beans in mills, producing much more chocolate and lowering the cost. |
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| Even a sauce called mole (MOLE-ay), used in the Mexican cooking, is made from chocolate. |
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| Today, most cacao trees are grown on farms called plantations. |
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