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Learning to flip cacao seeds

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Creator
Janel Monroe
Date created
June 2008
Location
Barlovento, Venezuela
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  • The transformation of cacao into chocolate: Transforming cacao into chocolate is a labor-intensive process that involves many steps. This slideshow tells the story of that process, focusing on one cacao plantation in the Barlovento region of Venezuela. (Page 8)

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man and woman holding rakes, standing over piles of brown cacao seeds drying on the cement

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The owner of a cacao plantation in Barlovento, Venezuela, shows a volunteer how to flip the cacao seeds and the importance of drying the seeds evenly. The cacao seeds are gathered together in small piles to protect them from the rain. Each pile is labeled with a white piece of paper marking the number of days it has been drying.

Drying is one of the many steps that turns the cacao seeds into cocoa. The dried seeds will later be roasted, peeled, and ground.