Where does chocolate come from? Believe it or not, it grows on trees. Not as a sweet chocolate
candy bar wrapped in foil, but as a cocoa bean.
These cocoa beans grow on a cacao tree, which is found in tropical areas such as Central and
South America. The fruit of these trees are called pods, and they are long and hard. Inside the pods is a
soft, white pulp that surrounds the thirty or so seeds. These seeds are what we call cocoa beans. They
are very hard and bitter to the taste.
To make chocolate, people start by carefully taking the beans out of the pods, still covered in the
white pulp, and leaving them in a bucket. The bucket is often covered with banana leaves and left for
anywhere from a few days to a few weeks. This process is called fermenting. Then the beans are left to
dry in the sun. Fermenting and drying the beans makes them less bitter. Then the beans are shipped to a
factory to be turned into chocolate.
At the factory, beans are roasted in ovens to bring out their flavor. After roasting, the outer
covering of the bean is removed. The inner bean is then crushed to form a paste known as chocolate
liquor.
From this paste, people can either make cocoa powder or the chocolate we buy in stores. To
make cocoa powder, the paste is crushed and pressed repeatedly to remove the fat, leaving behind only
a dry, ground powder. To make chocolate, people need to add other ingredients to the paste such as
milk, sugar, and cocoa butter. They then mix and heat the concoction several times to create a substance
we would recognize as chocolate. It may even have fruit, nuts, or candy added to it before it is molded
into a shape.
Considering all that must happen to turn a bitter cocoa bean into a chocolate bar, a dollar seems
like a small price to pay for such a delicious sweet treat.
Where does chocolate come from? Believe it or not, it grows on trees. Not as a sweet chocolatecandy bar wrapped in foil, but as a cocoa bean.These cocoa beans grow on a cacao tree, which is found in tropical areas such as Central andSouth America. The fruit of these trees are called pods, and they are long and hard. Inside the pods is asoft, white pulp that surrounds the thirty or so seeds. These seeds are what we call cocoa beans. Theyare very hard and bitter to the taste.To make chocolate, people start by carefully taking the beans out of the pods, still covered in thewhite pulp, and leaving them in a bucket. The bucket is often covered with banana leaves and left foranywhere from a few days to a few weeks. This process is called fermenting. Then the beans are left todry in the sun. Fermenting and drying the beans makes them less bitter. Then the beans are shipped to afactory to be turned into chocolate.At the factory, beans are roasted in ovens to bring out their flavor. After roasting, the outercovering of the bean is removed. The inner bean is then crushed to form a paste known as chocolateliquor.From this paste, people can either make cocoa powder or the chocolate we buy in stores. Tomake cocoa powder, the paste is crushed and pressed repeatedly to remove the fat, leaving behind onlya dry, ground powder. To make chocolate, people need to add other ingredients to the paste such asนม น้ำตาล และเนยโกโก้ พวกเขาผสม แล้วความร้อน concoction หลายครั้งเพื่อสร้างสารเราจะรับรู้เป็นช็อคโกแลต แม้ได้ผลไม้ ถั่ว หรือเพิ่มเข้าไปก่อนมันเป็นแบบลูกอมเป็นรูปร่างพิจารณาสิ่งที่ต้องเกิดขึ้นกับโกโก้ร้อน ๆ แปรสภาพบาร์ช็อคโกแลต ดอลลาร์ดูเหมือนว่าเช่นราคาขนาดเล็กจ่ายสำหรับหวานอร่อยรักษา
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