Maria Cacao is the diwata or mountain goddess associated with Mount Lantoy in Argao, Cebu, Philippines. The Maria Cacao legend is a prominent example of the mountain goddess motif in Philippine mythology; other prominent examples being Maria Makiling of Los Baños and Maria Sinukuan of Mount Arayat.
a wisp of cloud through the trees and mistook it for Maria. Unlike Maria Sinukuan and MariaCacao who live in caves in their respective mountains, Makiling...
cocoa (/ˈkoʊ.koʊ/), also called cacao (/kəˈkaʊ/), is the dried and fully fermented seed of Theobroma cacao, the cacao tree, from which cocoa solids (a...
Theobroma cacao (cacao tree or cocoa tree) is a small (6–12 m (20–39 ft) tall) evergreen tree in the family Malvaceae. Its seeds, cocoa beans, are used...
Philippine mythology; other prominent examples being Maria Makiling of Los Baños and MariaCacao of Cebu. Prior to Spanish colonization, Sinukuan was...
a recipe for a chocolate liqueur (ratafia de chocolat, also ratafia de cacao). An early 19th-century American cookbook, published in 1825 and preserved...
mountains and mounds and serve as guardians. Maria Makiling is the deity who guards Mt. Makiling. MariaCacao and Maria Sinukuan. In Shinto, the spirits, or kami...
said to have been pre-colonial. MariaCacao, a goddess of the Lantoy Mountain, is said to have been the giver of the cacao tree to the natives of Argao,...
mountain, enabling MariaCacao to float down to the towns below in her golden ship to sell her products. The original name of the MariaCacao is unknown as...
Bilingual ed edition. San Agustin Museum. Seki, K. (2001). Rethinking MariaCacao: Legend-making in the Visayan Context. Philippine Studies Journal. Mojares...
tropical forests of Central and South America. The seeds of the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao), the best known species of the genus, are used for making chocolate...
Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes...
and ground cacao seed kernels that is available as a liquid, solid, or paste, either on its own or as a flavoring agent in other foods. Cacao has been consumed...
The history of chocolate dates back over 5,000 years. The cacao tree is native to the tropics of the Americas. The cocoa bean was first domesticated at...
domesticate the cacao around 2,500 BC; even the word cacao belongs to the Olmec language. A Mokaya archaeological site provides evidence of cacao beverages...
processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to...
reassuring to mothers (with milk), thus the slogan "+ milk (latte) - cocoa (cacao)" shown on the package. In 1968, Kinder Chocolate, a milk chocolate with...
The growing of cacao or cocoa boasts a long history stretching from the colonial times. Originating from Mesoamerican forests, cacao was first introduced...
by José María Ponce. Cacao comes from ka'kaw, which in the Mayan language means "cocoa" (Theobroma cacao). The hacienda was built by José María Ponce who...
40% cacao (Azure Blue Wrapper) Halbbitter – Plain dark chocolate, 50% cacao (Burgundy Wrapper) Die Milde – Plain dark chocolate from Ghana, 55% cacao (Blue/pink...
codical gods, is a Postclassic Maya merchant deity as well as a patron of cacao. Ek Chuaj is part of a pantheon of Maya deities that have been depicted...
include the Comalcalco archeological site, cacao haciendas such as La Luz with its cacao museum, Jesús María, La Chonita and Cholula. Paraíso is a small...
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