All about Cacao
The scientific name for the cacao plant.
What is Theobroma Cacao?
Couverture usually contains this emulsifier.
What is lecithin?
When harvested, cacao pods contain this amount of cacao beans.
What is 30-45 beans?
This type of chocolate does not need tempering. (2 answers)
What is compound or coating chocolate?
This process separates the shell and germ from the nibs.
What is winnowing?
This country produces 70% of the world's supply of cacao beans.
What is the Ivory Coast?
The number of rollers during the second refinement stage.
What is 5?
This process occurs in bins and creates more acidity due to increased air flow.
What is box fermentation?
These 2 types of fat comprise the total amount of fat found in milk chocolate.
What are cocoa butter and milk fat?
Processing chocolate liquor results in these 2 products. (2 answers)
What are cocoa butter and cocoa powder?
The French translation for "couverture".
What is "covering"?
The name of the final refinement stage before tempering.
What is conching?
This hybrid cacao variety makes up 20% of the global harvest of cacao beans.
What is Trinitario?
Couverture is usually made from these 5 ingredients.
What are cocoa solids (mass), cocoa butter, sugar, vanilla and lecithin (emulsifiers)?
This special characteristic is unique to cocoa butter. (2 answers required)
What is cocoa butter is solid at room temperature and melts at body temperature?
This cocoa powder treatment is named after a European country.
What is Dutched?
To obtain a smooth and silky mouthfeel, the particle size of couverture is refined to this range.
What is 15 to 25 microns?
While lying on mats in the sun, this multiday process lowers moisture content down to this %. (2 answers)
What is drying and 7%?
The % number listed on bags of couverture refers to the total amount of these 2 ingredients.
What are cocoa solids and cocoa butter?
This critical step develops flavour and colour.
What is roasting?
The scientific term for the seeds/beans found in a cocoa pod.
What is cotyledon?
During the final refinement stage, both milk and dark chocolate are heated to this minimum temperature, while the moisture content is reduced to 0.5%.
What is 60 degrees Celcius?
The beans in cacao pods are comprised of this ratio of fats to solids.
What is 54% cocoa butter and 46% cocoa solids?
This specialty chocolate product contains milk chocolate and hazelnut paste.
What is gianduja?
Different cocoa powders usually contain this range % of cocoa butter.
What is 8 to 24%?