How to Make Chocolate on Saint Lucia from the Tree to the Bar!

cocoa beans

🥗Healthier: raw cacao

💰Cheaper: chocolate powder

Raw cacao has more nutrients and chocolate powder is easier to find.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey offers a natural sweetness and brown sugar is often less expensive.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: water

Almond milk is lower in calories and water can be used for a lighter drink.

vanilla

🥗Healthier: vanilla extract

💰Cheaper: vanilla essence

Vanilla essence is more affordable while still providing flavor.

Take the cocoa beans and let them ferment.

Polish the beans with the Koch arena.

Place the beans on drying racks to dry in the sun.

Roast the beans with sea sand in a pot.

Grind the roasted beans in a mortar and pestle into a fine powder.

Roll the powder into a cocoa stick.

Grind the cocoa stick halfway down into a powder.

Boil water and add the ground cocoa powder.

Add spices like bay leaves, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the boiling water.

Add sugar and milk to the mixture.

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