How cocoa is produced on Java (I visited East Java a week ago with a team of javanese healers):
cacao tree with fruits (almost ready for harvesting)
factory square:
1st stage after picking up - seeds fermentation. It is made in these tanks with control of temperature and moisture.
Smell....well, resembles bread yeast, beer malt, not chocolate at all.
fermented seeds
what inside a seed:
there are two sorts: purple and white inside Edel and Bulk.
Then is dried by the sun. ultraviolet stops fermentation process
And it's already edible! Field of pure cocoa!
100% raw pure organic schocolade, tastes as heaven!
(a bit bitter, but it makes it special)
Cocoa powder. How you can help smiling working on cocoa plantation? ))))
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