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Overview of Chocolate Processing

Overview of Chocolate Processing. Blue Heron Middle School October 2, 2012. How Cocoa Is Grown. Cocoa pods grow on a tree Grown 15 degrees north or south of equator A delicate crop, bears fruit in fifth year A tree can live 25 years or more. Cocoa Pods.

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Overview of Chocolate Processing

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  1. Overview of Chocolate Processing Blue Heron Middle School October 2, 2012

  2. How Cocoa Is Grown • Cocoa pods grow on a tree • Grown 15 degrees north or south of equator • A delicate crop, bears fruit in fifth year • A tree can live 25 years or more

  3. Cocoa Pods • Rough, leather-like husk weighing over 2 pounds • Filled with 30–50 seeds called cocoa beans • Seeds contain a sweet pulp • Pulp is half cocoa butter and half cocoa solids

  4. Picking and Fermenting • Beans are extracted by farmers • Harvesting occurs a few times a year • Beans are fermented under piles of banana leaves • Fermenting takes five days • Beans are dried in the sun on bamboo mats

  5. Distributing • Dried beans are sold to agents who sell to wholesalers • Most are used to produce chocolate confections • Some cocoa butter is used in cosmetics

  6. Making Cocoa Powder • Beans are roasted in cylinders • Inside of bean (nib) ground into cocoa mass • Cocoa butter pressed out of the cocoa mass • Cocoa powder remains

  7. Producing Chocolate • Other ingredients are added: sugar, milk, etc. • Heavy rollers swirl mixture (conching) • Mixture is heated, cooled, and then heated (tempering) • Chocolate is poured into molds • Used to make candies such as chocolate surrounding caramel (enrobing)

  8. For More Information Visit Our Website www.emcp.net/TheChocolateMuseum

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