Cocoa

All chocolate products start with the cocoa tree!

In the shade of other trees our cocoa trees begin to produce the finest fruits. Tiny pink or whitish flowers grow along the trunk and main branches of the cocoa tree. These flowers must be pollinated before the tree can produce the pods that contain the seeds - the cocoa beans.

After 6 months when the pods ripen, they are harvested with a curved knife. The beans are removed from the pod with a machete.

The pulp and seeds are piled to ferment for three to ten days. They are quickly dried by spreading the beans out in the sun. During this time the thick pulp liquefies.

The fermented pulp trickles away, leaving cocoa seeds behind to be collected. The beans are dried by spreading them out over a large surface and constantly raking them. Finally, the beans could be further processed.

Biocertifications

The following products of our house are biocertified:

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