Cocoa beans have a complex journey from jungle trees to foil-wrapped confections. Here is a simple breakdown of the steps involved in the cocoa making process. See more

Chocolate begins with Theobroma Cacao tree. Pods from this tree are harvested for the making of chocolate only once fully ripened. Unripened pods yield beans with a low cocoa … See more

Raw cocoa beans have a bitter and undesirable flavor. Fermentation transforms this bitterness making it into the more complex precursor to the classic cocoa flavor we ar… See more

After fermentation and drying, the beans are thoroughly cleaned and removed of any sticks, stones, or other debris. Cocoa beans are typically roasted using the dry roast meth… See more

Cocoa liquor is then poured into molds, allowed to cool, then sold and transported in these blocks. These blocks are known as unsweetened or bakers chocolate. Alternativel… See more