Place called myman in the toledo region of belize. toledo? yes, it s a very specific bean. so weird. another one of those names. i think it s like spanish, right? toledo is steel? i m not sure. make it up and you mean it. the word toledo, you might not know it but harkens back to bart thoen bart lona and it refers to steel manufactured in that part of the city in times gone by. perfect. can i just dump the bag? sure. top it up. oh, crap. we don t typically put the cocoa beans on the floor, though. from a marketing standpoint, the secret ingredient it has such a unique earthy odor. this is our home grown presorter. this is stuff we found in the beans in the past. the chocolate tastes funny.
this is our home grown presorter. this is stuff we found in the beans in the past. the chocolate tastes funny. for us, this is like a daunting task. typically, a batch would be like 18 buckets. yeah. it s a lot of sorting, but it s that hands on part of the process that s becoming intimately knowledgeable with the product or what we feel is the strength of our process and our method. supposed to have a vein in it? just dry the husk. dick taylor chocolate. the smell of a gym sock now with veins. try this, dehusked. chew it. and tastes like almost vegetable. there s a lot of floral or flower notes. veg-tabl. don t use that either. gym sock, vegtle. veiny. words like delicious. fruity, wonderful.