Bài giảng Công nghệ chè, cà phê, ca cao: Bài 15 - Dương Văn Trường

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Bài giảng Công nghệ chè, cà phê, ca cao: Bài 15 - Dương Văn Trường 8/1/2015 BÀI 15 CÔNG NGHỆ SẢN XUẤT CHOCOLATE Chocolate Production Theobroma cacao- the Cocoa Tree• Grows best in tropical rainforest.• Mostly reaches 7.5 metres in height.• Has broad leaves 25 cm long with pale coloured flowers from which pods grow.• Tree bears fruit when 3 to 4 years old.• Each tree yields 20-30 pods per year.• Mostly cultivated from Indonesia, Malaysia & Ghana. 1 8/1/2015 Types of cocoa podsForastero criollo Trinitario Hardy and Not much hardy with vigourous, produces Cultivated hybrids of its mild or weak beans with strongest the other two. chocolate flavour. flavour. Grown mainly in the Widely grown in Grown in Indonesia, Caribbean, but also West Africa and Central and South in Cameroon and Brazil. America. Papua New Guinea. Harvesting of Cocoa Trees• Harvesting takes place twice a year from november to january and from may to july.• Fruit is hand-picked to protect the trees.• Once harvested, the pods are opened and their seeds are removed. 2 8/1/2015 Fermentation• Beans and the pulp are laid in the fermentation boxes.• Fermentation produces heat requiring the beans to be stirred.• Germination in the cacao bean is killed by the high temperatures produced during the fermentation process.• After the 5 days process of fermentation, beans are brown and have a better flavor. Drying• After fermentation, the water present in the beans is dried up to convert them into chocolate.• Cacao beans are often dried in the sun, which can happen on tarps, mats, or patios.• Humidity in the beans is decreased down to 6-8% for storage and export.• Once dried, they can be stored for 4-5 years.• After sorting and bagging, the cocoa beans are then loaded on ships to be delivered to chocolate manufacturers. 3 8/1/2015 Roasting • In the manufacturing plant, the selected beans undergo extensive sampling and testing procedure. • Then roasting takes place at usually 210 F for about 10-35 minutes. • The beans are roasted to darken the colour and to further bring out the flavour characteristics of the cacao. Winnowing • The process of removing shells from around the beans. • The dried beans are cracked and a stream of air separates the shell from the nib, the small pieces used to make chocolate. • The nibs, key ingredient, contain approximately 53 percent cocoa butter, depending on the cacao species. Grinding• The beans are then usually grounded in a milling or grinding machine called a melangeur.• The nibs are grounded into a paste called chocolate liquor.• A roll refiner or ball mill is used to create heat that melts and distributes the cocoa butter and to further reduce the particle size of cocoa mass.• Flavor of the chocolate bar depends on the percentage of cocoa butter in the liqour.• With more grinding and the addition of sugar, lecithin, milk or cream powder or milk crum and spices such as vanilla depending upon the manufacturer, chocolate is made. 4 8/1/2015 Bột cacao Phối trộn Nhào trộn Xử lý nhiêt Rót khuôn Làm lạnh Bao gói Bảo quản chocolate 1. Phối trộn Các chất phối trộn Bơ cacao ...