Exactly How is Chocolate Made? See for Yourself

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How is chocolate made? Curios? Ever wonder what it takes to turn cocoa beans into a bar of bittersweet bliss? Don't wonder. Watch the video.

Jacques Torres, famous chocolatier, takes you through the fascinating process. Get an eyeful of dark chocolate and an earful of Jacques sexy French accent. That's a intense combination.

You'll enjoy it. This video will satisfy your craving for knowledge. But it may cause other cravings to intensify.


Making Chocolate Video

Want to see the prequel first? Before you can make chocolate you have to process the cocoa beans See how it's done. Not interested in the beans?

Then go ahead watch and enjoy this video. Don't worry about Jacques Torres' sexy accent making your mind wonder.

There won't be a test. But there will be a summary. Reading it won't be near as appealing.

Now h-e-e-e-e-e-a-r-'s Jacques....




Chocolate Making Steps

Here are the steps for making chocolate in case you missed any...

  1. Clean beans (fermented and dried by grower)

  2. Roast

  3. Cool

  4. Winnower cracks beans and removes shell

  5. Grinder turns nibs into liquid

  6. Add sugar

  7. Mixer combines the two

  8. Refiner smooths mixture

  9. Conch removes bitterness

  10. Add cocoa butter and soy lecithin

  11. Tempering for gloss and hardness

  12. Injector puts exact amount of chocolate into mold

  13. Bubbles removed from mold

  14. Refrigerated to harden

  15. Removed from mold

  16. Wrapped by machine



Not nearly as satisfying as when Jacques describes it. Is it? C'est la vie!


Does Jacques' video Beans to Bar answer your how is chocolate made inquiry satisfactorily? Or does it leave you wanting more?




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