Saturday was a day in the finca. I went with a family an hour into the hills to take out the beans from some cocoa pods they had harvested. Here are some pictures:
The beans which had been cut from the trees a few days earlier and left in a pile:
Vanesa and A bed of banana leaves to throw the beans onto:
The pods are cut open with machetes and the beans are taken out by hand. The white jelly is sweet and can be eaten; it is later removed during a days-long fermenting process. What remains are the almond-sized cocoa beans.
It only took about an hour to get all the beans out. but someone needed a break.
Digging up some root vegetables before heading home.
This is not true, Cati. My chocolate comes from the grocery store.
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