Bittersweet chocolate is also made as couverture (coating) chocolate. Because it has more cocoa butter than regular chocolate, and is used by professionals to produce thin outer coatings on cakes, truffles.and other confections.
Chaque fruit ou cabosse contient entre 30 et 40 graines qui, lorsque séchées et fermentées sont connues sous le nom de fèves de cacao.