Today the advanced language group braved the rain and walked to the Museo de Chocolate for our language immersion class. We had a private guided tour in Spanish and learned about the cacao plant and the entire process of how chocolate is made. The fruit of the cacao plant is the size of a papaya! There are three varietals of cacao plants that are used to commercially make chocolate today. The seed is dried and then grounded in a three step process. The cacao powder is then steamed and pressed into square bars to help separate the chocolate and the oil; the oil from the cacao powder is what makes white chocolate. We learned many other things about chocolate at the museum and then at the end, we were able to sample some of the chocolates from El Museo de Chocolate. It was a fun field trip!
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