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Metal hand crank
About this photograph
- Creator
- Janel Monroe
- Date created
- June 2008
- Location
- Barlovento, Venezuela
- License
- This photograph copyright ©2009. Terms of use
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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 15)
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This metal hand crank machine will be used to grind cacao seeds on a cacao plantation in Barlovento, Venezuela. The seeds will be filtered into the funnel at the top, and smashed between the metal gears on the side. The cacao paste that’s created will be used to make chocolate.
