Olivia- Friday we had the opportunity to go on a cacao chocolate tour at Fernando’s farm. Fernando showed us the process from the cacao pods to delicious chocolate treats. First we were shown what the cacao pod looked like straight from the tree. We then cut it open to examine the beans inside. We taste tested the the little white slimy beans holding the actual cacao, which tasted sweet like sugar. The beans are placed in an air tight container after collected to ferment for six days until they can be roasted. Once roasted the cacao is now called nibs which look like tiny chunks of crumbled chocolate and taste like sweet chocolate. The nibs are put into a machine with 3 stone rollers which also melts the chocolate so it can be made into chocolate bars and different types of chocolate treats. We got to mold the chocolate we made that day into our own chocolate bars which we each got to take with us. Along with the bars we got to devour a chocolate drink, chocolate mousse, and brownies made from the chocolate we made that day.
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