Home chocolate project day 8
Fermenting is officially over, having gone on a few days too long I fear – the beans now smell very acidic. Now we move on to drying the beans for a few days.
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Home chocolate project day 5
Day 5 and I think this might actually be working. Not sure what to do next though, so please leave your advice in the forum.
Home chocolate project day 4 – a beginning?
Finally I think something is starting to happen. I just checked the beans and did notice a little whtie mould forming on places. I suspect this is because I haven’t been stirring the beans enough in the last day or so. The aroma is somewhere between yeast and decay – not sure if that is [...]
Home chocolate project day 2 – Fermentation begins
Day 2 and I’m waiting anxiously to see if the beans will begin to ferment.
Home chocolate project day 1 – opening a pod
Having received some fresh arriba pods from Ecuador, I decided to try my hand at fermenting, drying, roasting and grinding the beans to make something that might resemble chocolate. It’s just day 1 and the beans are still fresh, I’ll try to post each day with the progress.
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Is chocolate the worlds perfect food?
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