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Micro Bean to Bar at home.

Found a cacao pod in my local market and decided to give chocolate a go. It turned out pretty well! The bars are quite grainy, largely because I made a mistake with the milk powder being grainy and not dissolving 😞. The cacao was a pita to try and get smooth using my pestle and mortar too.

u/-el-roacho — 3 days ago
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Micro fermentation. How do I know when the beans are done?

I bought a cacao pod from Lewisham market in London, and thought I'd have a try at making chocolate. This is day 5 of fermentation, (2 days anaerobic and 3 days aerobic)

The beans still smell like a brewery / bread dough.

I want to know if they look okay so far, and also how to tell if the beans are done fermenting.

Any help is much appreciated!

u/-el-roacho — 2 months ago