Monday, November 5, 2012

Gathering and fermenting


Time for harvesting





















A good day's work,
empty cocoa pods


This is what cocoa looks like before fermentation


Gelatinous coating tastes sweet and sour


Sorting the beans


Still wet, but fermented


Starting to look like cocoa... 

Sun drying trays are on rails and are pushed like a drawer
into the boucan for the night


The drying trays are as big as your kitchen,
it takes two people to push them


A mountain of dried cocoa beans
ready to...


 bag!

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