Cacao - pronounced ka - cow. Scientific name: Theobroma Cacao (the food of the gods!) Really good stuff.
From Wikipedia.org: Theobroma cacao also cacao tree and cocoa tree, is a small evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae, native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. Its seeds are used to make cocoa powder and chocolate.
Nova Monda sources our cacao directly from farmers and co-ops in the tropics.