Cacao harvest season: from farm to factory

Activities

Follow a farmer through a harvest season: picking pods, fermenting, drying and transporting to the factory.

After harvest, cacao beans are separated from the pod, fermented for several days to develop flavor precursors, then dried in the sun until they reach the right moisture level.

Fermented cacao beans
Fermented cacao beans

Every stage directly affects the quality of the final chocolate.

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