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Month: June 2012

June 27, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa production / Cooperatives / Peru / Plantations

The Golden Cacao Cut

Now that the cacao beans have undergone each of the three important processes to becoming a good quality bean, it

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June 24, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa production / Cooperatives / Peru / Plantations

From cacao tree to bean: the drying process

The next important step in cocoa processing is the drying process. Drying of cacao is an important step in cocoa

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June 20, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa production / Cooperatives / Peru

From cacao tree to bean: the beginning of fermentation

Now begins the most crucial part for the making of fine chocolate. Fermentation is the first critical process to develop

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June 19, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa production / Peru / Plantations

From tree to bean: the cacao harvest

The last few days have been spent learning, researching and understanding all about the cultivation of cacao right from the

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June 16, 2012 Certifications / Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa production / Peru

The ins and outs of cocoa production

I visited a small association of 200 members, which was set up a couple of years ago by a small

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June 5, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries

Spot the differences: Julieta y las Cacaoteras!

Drawing by Zoe Bray

June 5, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Peru

On the way to becoming a local celebrity!

http://youtu.be/wAsvib5pNWE

“Tierra de Paz, Amor y Trabajo” is the name of the governmental campaign put in place to change the image of Tocache, which used to be one of drugs and violence. As I happened to be in Tocache while they were making the campaign, I was asked to feature in the first part, where you can see me admiring the town’s main square.

June 5, 2012 Cocoa / Cooperatives / Non-Governmental Organisations

From coca to Peruvian cacao

At about half an hour from Tocache along a dusty road, we visit an Association of small producers of cacao,

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June 4, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa production / Peru

In the heart of Peru’s new cacao producing region

We have arrived to the town of Tocache, it is here that we will visit the consortium’s second cooperative; and

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June 2, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cooperatives / Peru / Plantations

Off to discover Peru’s best cacao plantations!

The time has come to leave Lima and visit the cacao cooperatives! We will be heading to visit the Consortium’s

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