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Tag: cacao beans

July 14, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa production / Cocoa Varieties / Cooperatives / Peru / Sensory

From beans to cacao liquor

Now that the beans have passed the cut test, it is time to find out what flavours and other characteristics

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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 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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April 20, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Peru

When we aren’t eating chocolate, we are working!

As I get to grips with the strategy of the Consorcio Cacao Amazonico, Vilsic and Lourdes show me the great

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