trip to cocoa plantation in vietnam

I recently went to visit a cacao -plantation un sud Vietnam, we first traveled to HCM ex Saigon to go further south to Mekong delta, in Ben Tre area. This plantation is organise as  a cooperative, the profit made from the cacao is use to finance a school for disabled  individual, some of them are blinds or deaf.

by using this chocolate we contribute to a better environment .

removing the impurities, selecting the bean manually is a long process.

cacao bean are stored in bags before after been dry . the cacao bean after fermentation, the drying  process is essential to a good conservation, if too much humidity left, the beans will get spoiled.

during the fermentation process, the beans are covered with banana leave, this operation is important, it s where the cacao will develop it s aroma.