The illustrations show how chocolate is produced. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The image illustrates the steps by which

chocolate

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is made.

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, the production of

chocolate

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takes 10 steps, one half of which takes place on a farm

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the other half at a factory.

Chocolate

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is made from

cocoa

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beans

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grown in countries like S. America, Africa and Indonesia.

At the first stage

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of production, ripe

cocoa

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pods containing

cocoa

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beans

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are harvested. Having been harvested, pods are cracked open manually with a machete to extract white

cocoa

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beans

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. These

beans

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are

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wrapped with large leaves to be fermented. Once fermented,

beans

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are spread over a flat surface and left in the open to dry in the sun. Only after being dried are

beans

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placed in large sacks of 64 kg and loaded onto a lorry or train for delivery to a factory. Upon reaching the factory,

beans

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are roasted in an oven at a temperature of 350 degrees Celsius. Roasted

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can

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be crushed inside a grinder where the

beans

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’ outer shell is removed and the inner part is kept.

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, the inner part of the

chocolate

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beans

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is pressed in a pressing machine to obtain liquid

chocolate

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.