Are you a fan of chocolate? I really enjoy some of the flavors out there
i do love it! actually i have a cacao farm, cacao has been cultivated by many cultures for a least three millennia in mesoamerica
That's amazing! I did not know chocolate and cocoa had been around that long.
Yes from the beggining of times local collectros and intermediaries purchase and transport the cocoa to exporters and processors! even now they are adding fair trade certificate to the cocoa beans
That's great news. I think chocolate even has medicinal and health benefits
Yes thats why all the people wants some chocolate, so fair trade is helping producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainable farming!
Sustainable farming needs to be continued and brought into the future. So much great work to be done
I agree totally with that! fair trade movement has undergone several important changes since its early days following WWII
WWII has had such a significant impact on the world. Even on chocolate!
seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor. After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell is removed to produce cacao nibs, which are then ground to cocoa mass, unadulterated chocolate in rough form. Once the cocoa mass is liquefied by heating, it is called chocolate liquor. The liquor also may be cooled and processed into its two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Baking chocolate, also called bitter chocolate, contains cocoa solids
beans are mechanically pressed down to extract more of the Cocoa butter. After this process the raw chocolate bars are formed and ready for markets.
History of raw chocolate use dates back three to four millennia and even traces have been found in artifacts that go back to 1400 B.C.E. These artifacts were found in topical regions where cacao trees still grow today. The first recipe cacao beans were used for was created by the Aztecs; this was called xocoatl. This was a drink that was first used in the 1600's by the