Costa Rican Chocolate Tour: The Process, A Tour, And Cocoa

We took a Costa Rican Chocolate Tour on our trip. If you have never been to a cocoa farm, we highly recommend it!

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On this tour, we were able to see the plants, the fermentation process, and a small bit of the drying and roasting.

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They try to keep the cocoa plants small. The reason they do this is that it won't require ladders to pick the pods off the branches.

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THE DRYING PROCESS

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THE DRYING PROCESS

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Costa Rican Chocolate Tour: The Process, A Tour, And Cocoa

We took a Costa Rican Chocolate Tour on our trip. If you have never been to a cocoa farm, we highly recommend it!

COSTA RICAN CHOCOLATE

On this tour, we were able to see the plants, the fermentation process, and a small bit of the drying and roasting.

THE COCOA PROCESS

They try to keep the cocoa plants small. The reason they do this is that it won't require ladders to pick the pods off the branches.

THE COCOA PLANTS

THE DRYING PROCESS

This is done outside under the sunshine. Once they are dry, is when you really start to see what a cocoa bean looks and smells like.

THE DRYING PROCESS

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