From Bean to Bar: The Art and Craft of Single-Origin Chocolate Making

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By: Eater

This video takes the audience on an educational exploration of the intricate process behind crafting the perfect chocolate bar. The Chocolate Master from Miami painstakingly uses top-quality cacao from diversified farms in Latin America and the Caribbean, priding in single-origin batches. Covering every step from choosing the finest cacao, careful roasting, separating the husk, refining and conching, to tempering, it exhibits a clear commitment to artisanal methods. The result is chocolate that is not just dark or sweet, but a sensory experience that encapsulates a range of nuanced flavors mirroring the soil and environment it originates from. The fascinating process reconfirms the importance of directly supporting cacao farmers and underscores chocolate as a product of years of effort.

Innovative equipment like the Champion Juicer and the Shop Vac aid the process, and the chocolate produced, devoid of additives or excessive roasting, stays true to the taste, texture, and aroma inherent in the cacao. Adding an extra dimension is the creation of bonbons, once again a hands-on process, using a mixture of chocolate and rum, wrapped up in a myriad of cocoa butter colors. Ultimately, it portrays this craft as not just a mixture of cacao and sugar but an art form that gives due respect to the journey of the cacao from the tree to the bar.

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