Taza Chocolate has a detailed guide on how chocolate is manufactured. Quite an interesting read for anyone who is curious about the process, or plans to go into the chocolate business.

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The way chocolate is manufactured dictates how a chocolate will taste. It is very difficult to make great chocolate with nice flavor nuances using a low quality bean. And even if you begin with a very high quality bean it is difficult to make a chocolate that is truly exceptional. Each chocolate manufacturer employs slighly different strategies during production to achieve specific flavor profiles. These strategies tend to be evident when tasting the chocolate of any given manufacturer, and each one has their own individual style. There are four primary ways that a manufacturer controls the outcome of the chocolate flavor: Roasting, Blending beans, Mixing in ingredients, and Conching time and temperature variance.

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