From the pods on the tree to the finished chocolate bar: how do craftsy chocolate

Almost all the chocolate in the world is produced on huge industrial plants four or five major companies. But over the last few years has been actively developing the direction of "craft chocolate", whose members are passionate lovers of chocolate and make sweets from scratch.

One of these fans, the Ramsey House (Dom Ramsey), as owner of a manufacturing company of craft chocolate in London, told in detail and showed how the process of chocolate creation — all the way from wood to the finished tile.

The way any chocolate that you ate in your life, begins with the cacao tree (Theobroma Cacao), which grow brightly colored pods. The photo was taken in Hawaii, the only place in the U.S. where you can grow cacao trees.

The cocoa pods grow directly on the large branches of a tree.

Colorful cacao pods.

Inside of each pod 25 to 40 cocoa beans surrounded by a white pulp.