Why Doesn’t Cacao Fruit Taste Like Chocolate?
Fresh cacao fruit tastes nothing like a chocolate bar. So where does chocolate flavour come from? A look at how fermentation, drying and roasting transform a tropical fruit into something we recognise as chocolate.
What Does Cacao Fruit Taste Like?
Many people are surprised to learn that chocolate begins inside a fruit. Sweet, floral and unexpectedly tropical, fresh cacao tastes nothing like chocolate. Discover the flavors hidden inside the cacao pod and how they shape the chocolate we know today.