Chocolate What is your favorite kind

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ChocolateWhat is your favorite kind?

• How do they make it?

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Chocolate starts with the cocoa bean.

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Cocoa beans grow in pods on trees.
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They grow where it is very hot and rainy but
they also need shade. They produce fruit for 100
years.
Science Museum of Minnesota
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A man picks cocoa pods. One pod has about 30
beans.
Lets watch a movie on the harvesting and
processing of chocolate.
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The Process on the Farm
Harvesting Fermenting The pulp that clings to
the beans matures and turns to liquid. DryingThe
cocoa bean is laid out in the sun or under
artificial lights to dry. Farmer Sells and Ships
to Factory
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It takes a whole village to complete the harvest.
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The product is shipped to the factory.
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Chocolate being produced in the factory
Roasting
Removing the shells and making Nibs
Melting nibs to make chocolate liquor to make
candy.
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or making powder
Squeezing out the cocoa butter to make powder.
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Our Turn to Make Chocolates