Lessons > Basics of Quality Chocolate (Plant-Based)
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Lesson Overview
What is the difference between a chocolate bar you find in a supermarket and chocolate made by a fine chocolatier? If you don’t know how chocolate is made or processed or how to buy it, you can easily be fooled by marketers.
In this lesson, you will learn about the cacao tree and how cocoa bea…
Click to expand...Lesson Objectives
At the end of this lesson you'll be able to:
- understand where chocolate comes from
- understand how cocoa beans are manufactured
- understand what cocoa powder and cocoa butter are
- understand the chocolate manufacturing process
- understand how to read packaging labels to determine quality chocolate
- identify characteristics of quality chocolate
Course Syllabus
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| 1. | Introduction: Basics of Quality Chocolate |
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| 2. | Complete Your Self Assessment |
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| 3. | The Cacao Tree |
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| 4. | How Cocoa Beans are Manufactured |
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| 5. | What is Cocoa Powder? |
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| 6. | What is Cocoa Butter? |
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| 7. | Making Chocolate & Conching |
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| 8. | How to Read Labels on Chocolate |
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| 9. | How to Taste Quality Chocolate |
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| 10. | Practice Activities & Recipes |
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| 11. | Lesson Quiz |
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Practice Recipes
A few of the practice recipes you'll learn in this lesson.
"Very good explanation and fun to work on."
10 Videos
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11 Tasks
Task 1: Introduction: Basics of Quality Chocolate
Task 2: Complete Your Self Assessment
Task 3: The Cacao Tree
Task 4: How Cocoa Beans are Manufactured
Task 5: What is Cocoa Powder?
Task 6: What is Cocoa Butter?
Task 7: Making Chocolate & Conching
Task 8: How to Read Labels on Chocolate
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