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Did you know the process of how cacao beans turn into cacao paste (aka chocolate?) @lucymakes_ shows a snippet of what it’s like on a small scale. The process starts from the fruit off the tree starts by removing the cacao beans (seeds) from the white pulpy fruit, before they’re placed in big crates to ferment taking them from a purple colour to a deep red/brown. The beans are then laid out in the sun on large canvas sheets to lightly toast and dry out before going through a shelling and washing