This last week saw us finish the fermentation of our cacao harvest and its subsequent drying in front of the science department building for all to see.

This was then finished by roasting the beans in the oven at a slow and steady temperature of between 110-140°C for 30 minutes. Now we have to peel this amazing production, which we have just concluded!

Cacao beans roasting in our oven. We roasted them for about half an hour at between 150-130°C, in order to facilitate the removal of the skins of the beans and the to impart a good flavour.

Small samples have been tasted and so far indicate that it is top quality cacao nibs that we are producing!

1.5kg of roasted chocolate nibs and beans, with three cacao pods that were recently harvested. These have been tasted by a wide variety of people around the school – the opinion: amazingly chocolate taste.
Don Simón Cacao – getting there

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