IELTS - Process of liquid chocolate process

The diagram explains the process of making chocolate. From an overall perspective, there are a total of ten stages in the process, which can be organized into 4 main stages. These include growing the cocoa trees and harvesting the

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, followed by preliminary processing of the

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, transporting and

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machinery processing to produce the final product, which is liquid chocolate.

To begin

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, cocoa

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come from the cacao tree grown in 3 specific regions, which are the South American, and African continents and the country of Indonesia. Once the pods are ripe and red, they are harvested and the inside white cocoa

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are collected. Following a period of fermentation, they are

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laid out thinly on a large tray and the sun is utilized to remove the moisture from the

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. At

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stage, the colour of the

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has turned brown, which is completely different from when they are newly removed from the pods.

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, these

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are packed into large sacks and delivered to the factory. They are

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roasted at a temperature of 350 degrees, after which the

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are crushed and separated from their outer shell. In the final stage,

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inner part left from the previous crushing step is pressed and the liquid chocolate is produced.