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CHAPTER V
THE MANUFACTURE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE 119


CHAPTER VI
THE MANUFACTURE OF CHOCOLATE 139


CHAPTER VII
BY-PRODUCTS OF THE COCOA AND CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY
157 (a) Cacao Butter, (b) Cacao Shell


CHAPTER VIII
THE COMPOSITION AND FOOD VALUE OF COCOA AND
CHOCOLATE 165 (including Milk Chocolate)

CHAPTER IX
ADULTERATION, AND THE NEED FOR DEFINITIONS 179


CHAPTER X
THE CONSUMPTION OF CACAO 183
BIBLIOGRAPHY 191 A List of the Important Books on Cocoa and
Chocolate from the earliest times to the present day.
INDEX 207

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Cacao Pods Old Drawing of an American Indian, with Chocolate
Whisk, etc. Native American Indians Roasting the Beans, etc. Ancient
Mexican Drinking Cups Cacao Tree, with Pods and Leaves Cacao Tree,
shewing Pods Growing from Trunk Flowers and Fruits on main
branches of a Cacao Tree Cacao Pods Cut Pod, revealing the White
Pulp round the Beans Cacao Pods, shewing Beans inside Drawing of
Typical Pods illustrating varieties Tropical Forest, Trinidad
Characteristic Root System of the Cacao Tree Nursery with the Young
Cacao Plants in Baskets, Java Planting Cacao from Young Seedlings in
Bamboo Pots, Trinidad Cacao in its Fourth Year Copy of an Old
Engraving shewing the Cacao Tree, and a tree shading it Cacao Trees
shaded by Kapok, Java Cacao Trees shaded by Bois Immortel, Trinidad
Cacao Tree with Suckers Cutlassing Common Types of Cacao Pickers
Gathering Cacao Pods, Trinidad Collecting Cacao Pods into a Heap
Men Breaking Pods, etc. Sweating Boxes, Trinidad Fermenting Boxes,
Java Charging Cacao on to Trucks in the Plantation, San Thomé Cacao
in the Fermenting Trucks, San Thomé Tray-barrow for Drying Small

Quantities Spreading the Cacao Beans on mats to dry, Ceylon Drying
Trays, Grenada "Hamel Smith" Rotary Dryer Drying Platforms with
Sliding Roofs, Trinidad Cacao Drying Platforms, San Thomé Washing
the Beans, Ceylon Claying Cacao Beans, Trinidad Sorting Cacao Beans,
Java Diagram: World's Cacao Production MAP of the World, with only
Cacao-Producing Areas marked Raking Cacao Beans on the Driers,
Ecuador Gathering Cacao Pods, Ecuador Sorting Cacao for Shipment,
Ecuador MAP of South America and the West Indies Workers on a
Cacao Plantation MAP of Africa, with only Cacao-Producing Areas
marked Foreshore at Accra, with Stacks of Cacao ready for Shipment
Carriers conveying Bags of Cacao to Surf Boats, Accra Crossing the
River, Gold Coast Drying Cacao Beans, Gold Coast Shooting Cacao
from the Road to the Beach, Accra Rolling Cacao, Gold Coast Rolling
Cacao, Gold Coast Carrying Cacao to the Railway Station, Gold Coast
Wagon Loads of Cacao being taken from Depot to the Beach, Accra
The Buildings of the Boa Entrada Cacao Estate, San Thomé Drying
Cacao, San Thomé Barrel Rolling, Gold Coast Bagging Cacao, Gold
Coast Surf Boats by the Side of the Ocean Liner, Accra Bagging Cacao
Beans for Shipment, Trinidad Transferring Bags of Cacao to Lighters,
Trinidad Diagram showing Variation in Price of Cacao Beans,
1913-1919 Group of Workers on Cacao Estate Carting Cacao to
Railway Station, Ceylon The Carenage, Grenada Early Factory
Methods Women Grinding Chocolate Cacao Bean Warehouse Cacao
Bean Sorting and Cleaning Machine Diagram of Cacao Bean Cleaning
Machine Section through Gas Heated Cacao Roaster Roasting Cacao
Beans Cacao Bean, Shell and Germ Section through Kibbling Cones
and Germ Screens Section through Winnowing Machine Cacao
Grinding Section through Grinding Stones A Cacao Press Section
through Cacao Press-pot and Ram-plate Chocolate Mélangeur Plan of
Chocolate Mélangeur Chocolate Refining Machine Grinding Cacao
Nib and Sugar Section through Chocolate Grinding Rolls "Conche"
Machines Section through "Conche" Machine Machines for Mixing or
"Conching" Chocolate Chocolate Shaking Table Girls Covering or
Dipping Cremes, etc. The Enrober A Confectionery Room Factory at
which Milk is Evaporated for Milk Chocolate Manufacture Cocoa and
Chocolate Despatch Deck Boxing Chocolates Packing Chocolates
Factory at which Milk is Evaporated for Milk Chocolate Manufacture

Cacao Pods, Leaves and Flowers

INTRODUCTION
In a few short chapters I propose to give a plain account of the
production of cocoa and chocolate. I assume that the reader is not a
specialist and knows little or nothing of the subject, and hence both the
style of writing and the treatment of the subject will be simple. At the
same time, I assume that the reader desires a full and accurate account,
and not a vague story in which the difficulties are ignored. I hope that,
as a result of this method of dealing with my subject, even experts will
find much in the book that is of interest and value. After a brief survey
of the history of cocoa and chocolate, I shall begin with the growing of
the cacao bean, and follow the cacao in its career until it becomes the
finished product ready for consumption.

Cacao or Cocoa?
The reader will have noted above the spelling "cacao," and to those