How Chocolate is Made
Gregory Owen
A 12-page bean-to-bar walkthrough by Gregory Owen. Covers cacao tree biology, pod harvesting, fermentation, drying, roasting, winnowing, grinding, conching, and tempering with photographs at each stage.
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