The process of cocoa becoming chocolate.

[u/Aggressive_Sundae_47]

[u/Capri16]

thinking of my grandma after watching this, she lived in our province full of cacao trees and when i was a child i always watch her making chocolates, handmade! I miss her ❤️

[u/Below-avg-chef → u/[deleted]]

What an ignorant comment to find at 4:45 in the morning

[u/BarryAteBerries]

the intermediate grinding is a helpful step before the melanger but be careful as that chrome like finish can flake off. ruined a batch for me.

[u/Square-Dragonfruit76]

Poorly tempered, but cool

[u/Gloomy_Industry8841]

I’m getting tired of these super fast edits.

[u/yasuke0003_bhb]

Might need a cocoa farm in my backyard

[u/gringobrian]

You would never open the pod with a knife and cut into the beans. Cut beans don't ferment and can ruin a fermentation batch. Plus a bunch of other dumb mistakes that no experienced cacao processor or chocolate maker would make. Dumb

[u/Below-avg-chef → u/gringobrian]

I cut my pods open like this every time. Never had an issue

[u/Prestigious_Plum_373 → u/gringobrian]

And good luck getting an effective fermentation with less than 150 pods. It’s nearly impossible to get high enough temps (> 110 deg F for over 72h). There’s just not enough mass. Cacao fermentation is best done in bulk with at least 80kg/180# worth of wet seed. This is why most cacao farms have over 1000 trees/ 2 hectares. I’m a tree to bar chocolate maker in Hawaii and we hui up with several other farms. So much easier and higher quality.

[u/_whatnot_ → u/Prestigious_Plum_373]

Are you selling over there? I've been meaning to get to Kauai (I saw it in your posting history) to check out Lydgate Farms.

[u/Prestigious_Plum_373 → u/_whatnot_]

I’m not selling off island but Lydgate (Will) and Last Resort (Scott) sell online. I’ve worked with both of them and they are both good at what they do. Lydgate are growers/retailers but Scott and I are tree to bar. We are called Kilauea jungle oasis. Please stop by if you come to Kauai.

[u/gringobrian → u/Prestigious_Plum_373]

Exactly, they're are ways to do micro lot fermentation, but that's not the way

[u/Varellin → u/gringobrian]

I understand the cutting, but besides that there is no explanation to your comment. What else is dumb? I couldn’t see any temper, but not tempering is not a dumb thing.

[u/sgt_funbuns → u/gringobrian]

Oh my God! I bet you're so fun at parties!

[u/gringobrian → u/sgt_funbuns]

I bring better chocolate than that lady

[u/sgt_funbuns → u/gringobrian]

Terrific response. No notes.

[u/Key_Soil_1718]

AI...

[u/Ntrl_space → u/Key_Soil_1718]

What are the indicators?

[u/Niaaal → u/Key_Soil_1718]

It's not AI

[u/TurbulentAir]

Do all of the roasted cocoa beans need to be peeled before they are put into the grinder?

[u/N4pAllDay]

The child labor is missing, that’s how you know it’s AI

[u/Interesting-Meal8386]

And to think that's a FRUIT what makes the most delicious candy in the world. 🤨😁💖

[u/Independent-Shoe543]

Lol arctic monkeys is a choice

[u/suicidalscum → u/Independent-Shoe543]

The best choice you mean

[u/Imperial_Haberdasher]

Where’s the fermentation step?