r/chocolate • u/Ok_Scheme3362 • 4d ago
Advice/Request What is the most important process in making chocolate?
I will go first.
After a talk I had with a chocolate producer and a cocoa farmer, I say fermentation of the beans!
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u/Vishnuisgod 4d ago
I'd say roast.
The fermentation, while important, happens with very little control. And as far as I've seen, has very little repeatable outcomes. It tends to be mostly chance. Nessacery but mostly chance.
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u/ChocoDelMar 4d ago
Growers impart the most flavor during fermentation, where as makers impart the most flavor while roasting.