How to make chocolate
Chocolate starts a tree
called cacao tree. This tree grows in equatorial regions, especially in place
such as South America, Africa, and Indonesia. The cacao tree produces a fruit
about the
size of a small pine apple. In side the fruits are the tree's seeds. They are also known as coco beans.
size of a small pine apple. In side the fruits are the tree's seeds. They are also known as coco beans.
Next, the beans are
fermented for about a week, dried in the sun. After that they are shipped to
the chocolate maker. The chocolate maker starts by roasting the beans to bring
out the flavour. Different beans from different places have different qualities
and flavour. So they are often shorted and blended to produce a distinctive
mix.
The next process is
winnowing. The roasted beans are winnowed to remove the meat nib of the cacao
bean from its shell. Then the nibs are blended. The blended nibs are ground to
make it a liquid. The liquid is called chocolate liquor. It tastes bitter.
All seeds contain some
amount of fat and cacao beans are not different. However, cacao beans are half
fat, which is why the ground nibs from liquid. It is pure bitter chocolate.