Chocolate Oaxaca

Chocolate making, the entire process at Vesubio in Zaachila, Oaxaca. In this case, appears to be cinnamon, cacao and sugar. I don't see any almonds in the mix. Richer mixes also will include almonds. Of course, almonds and cinnamon both have their roots in North Africa and were brought to the new world. To my knowledge, Oaxaca is the only place that continues the tradition of adding almonds. The stones grind the mixture down, producing enough friction/heat to liquify the cacao. Sugar is mixed in and the mix goes through the machine a second time.

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Travel & Events

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• chocolate
• cacao
• oaxaca
• oaxacan
• zaachila
• cooking
• mexico
• mexican

[JayPFrancis]

In the better stores you will find a blend of cacao from Tabasco and Chiapas, one for bulk, one for aroma. And further broken down by a portion roasted and a portion naturally fermented. All of these factors contributing to the unique flavor signature.

[JayPFrancis]

Several years ago, I went down to Oaxaca with a journalist friend. We did the entire chocolate making process by hand, beginning with the roasting and shelling of the cacao, heating the metate, and hand grinding of the cacao into chocolate. As you know, when you buy your chocolate at one of the places that mills it for you, it is already roasted, shelled and ready to go into the machine. Actually, you can choose. You can purchase cacao with the shells still on for less money, or with the

[CaptainGratiot]

 Very cool

[SuperAngelodemonio]

yo kiero chokolate,con pan de yema.mmmm ke sabro.

[arabiccola]

Aside from that, very interesting indeed. (still horrified by the auger screw almost touching his hand)

[arabiccola]

Yes, please stop using your hands like this. Adopt a safe procedure instead, this is utter carelessness.

[3a9abiii]

you keep using ur hands like that and you will end up with less fingers by end of the year ..... i am not eating that thank you ...

[PyroFenix69]

The great part of doing the chocolate process yourself will be an exact amount of good raw materials. Eliminating unwanted ingredients like perhaps almonds and too much sugar. During the process my great grandmother and grandmother would share great stuff on: culture, language, history, and legends. Fortunate are those few who can still do the process the old fashioned way. Check out my video on town legends: "The Witch & The Stone Slab". Take care JayP and keep busy.

[PyroFenix69]

JayP that's not quite everything. You forgot taping the cacao beans being roasted on a comal(clay tray) and being cleaned from their shell. That's the fun part, since as a bonus you will get a great story or legend from the person doing all of this hard work in town. Your video is ok, but it's missing that part that makes it stand out.