The Fermented Food podcast

This week we talk cacao fermentation, one of the very important steps in the production of chocolate. Without fermentation, chocolate would not develop the flavor characteristics that make chocolate taste so good.

Show notes:

[CulturedPickle: Tokyo Turnips Fermented in Fennel and Bee Pollen Brine

Twitter](https://twitter.com/CulturedPickle/status/446285160174985219)

Last Chance Foods: Why You Shouldn’t Eat Raw Chocolate - WNYC

Cacao Prieto

[Science of Cacao - Preserving the bio-diversity of cacao in the DR

Cacao Prieto](https://cacaoprieto.com/ourfarm/cacao-science/)

[24: Chocolate Harvest and Fermentation

FermUp](https://fermup.com/podcast/24/)

[Optimizing Chocolate Production

PDF](https://orbit.dtu.dk/files/20803556/Optimizing_chocolate_production.pdf)

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