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24: Chocolate Harvest and Fermentation
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:50:32
Publish Date: 2013-05-27 00:00:00
Description:

This week we discuss how chocolate is harvested and fermented. Unlike our coffee episode, there is no question that chocolate is fermented.

Cacao Beans in Pod

Show notes:

[The microbiology of cocoa fermentation PubMed](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15462126)
[Theobroma cacao: from Bud to Bean Tava](http://www.tava.com.au/article_processing.html)
[Cacao Fermentation Training in Vietnam YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8_J05eak_U)

This video is in Vietnamese with English subtitles. It is a training video for how to ferment and dry cacao beans.

[The difference between “lavado” and “fermentado” cacao beans used for chocolate YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ODn_VCj2o)

A video from Mexico describing the differences between lavado and fermentado cacao beans.

[How to Grow a Chocolate Plant in a Container YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiGXgcoldIA)

Even you can grow and harvest your own cacao tree in a pot if you live in the proper climate.

[Dehydrate It The Shop](https://culturedpickleshop.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/dehydrate-it/)

Some interesting ideas for dehydrating fermented foods from the people at Cultured Pickle Shop.

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