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How Is Chocolate Made?

2016/12/23
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But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids

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The process of making chocolate involves growing cocoa trees, harvesting cocoa pods, fermenting and drying the beans, roasting, winnowing, grinding, and tempering to achieve the final product.

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How is chocolate made? Why can't we eat chocolate all the time? Why does chocolate melt? Why can't dogs eat chocolate? In this episode, we travel to Taza Chocolate in Somerville, Massachusetts to get some answers. Plus, we visit a coffee roaster in Maine to learn about this parent fuel that so many kids find gross!