Willie Wonka's Chocolate Factory
Swiftwing
Sun 11 May 2008 21:36
 Mr Hendry was our guide at the Belmont Plantation
where Cocoa beans are processed to be made into organic dark chocolate. The
plantation has been on the go for over three hundred years. Mr. Hendry is only
60 but he has worked here for 49 years!
 The Cocoa pods are cut from the tree when
ripe.
 The beans inside the Cocoa pod.
 The Cocoa farmers sell the beans to the processing
plant on a Wednesday. Land Rovers are the chosen vehicle.
 This' Landy' belongs to one of the farmers and has
been in regular service for 38 years.
 The tubs of beans are emptied onto the sorting tray
to get rid of excess water and bits of husk/twigs etc.
 The beans are placed in large fermenting 'bins' for
7 to 9 days.
 Helen helps Hendry pull out the drying tray. The
beans are dried in the sun for seven days.
 The drying trays. People climb into the trays and
shuffle up and down to prevent them sticking together and to turn
them.
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