cacao powder

This one may well be an acquired taste. Simply: be forewarned! This is New World Aztec, Mayan, or Meso-American The various pre-Columbian tribes and nations that occupied current-day Mexico and Guatemala made use of the cacao bean we've come to know today as the confectioner's delight --...

Do you know the difference between the two? Which one do you use? I have to confess that I switched from cocoa to cacao by accident a few months ago. Until then I used to use cocoa powder to make my hot chocolate in the morning, but recently have changed to cacao powder to make it and...