Cocoa vs Tea
Both are Plantation. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Cocoa
Tea
| Measure | Cocoa | Tea |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul (planting) | Jun–Aug (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 3–4 yr to bear | 3–4 yr to pluck |
| Spacing | 2.7 × 2.7 m | 1.2 × 0.75 m |
| Soil pH | 5.5–7.0 | 4.5–5.5 |
| Water | 1500–2000 | 2000–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 20–30 | 18–30 |
| Seed rate | 1,100 plants | 13 k plants |
| Yield | 1–1.5 t dry bean | 2–3 t made tea |
| Watch for | Black pod, tea mosquito bug | Red spider mite, blister blight |