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August 8, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa production

The ins and out of cocoa production

The association, ASPROC NBT, which stands for Asociacion de Productores de Cacao de Nuevo Bambamarca Tocache, currently has 200 members,

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August 2, 2012 Chocolatiers / Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Cocoa production / Cooperatives / Peru / Plantations

Peru’s most exquisite white cacao beans

I am now in the Northern tip of Peru, where you can find Peru’s special white cacao, a genetic variety

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July 23, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries / Peru / Peruvian Gastronomy / Plantations

Peru’s very own Cacao and Chocolate Show

Earlier this month, I was invited to participate in Peru’s “Salon de Cacao y Chocolate”, a five-day trade and consumer

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July 15, 2012 Cocoa / Cooperatives / Peru / Sensory

Building my sensory skills for chocolate tasting

The other day I was fortunate enough to be able to join a group of agricultural students to develop my

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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 5, 2012 Cocoa / Cocoa Producing Countries

Spot the differences: Julieta y las Cacaoteras!

Drawing by Zoe Bray

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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