Dry beans - Import export

"Alkalized Cocoa Powder Organic The cocoa trees from which cocoa powder is made are native to South America. Cacao trees (Theobroma) produce pods of 15 to 25 cm long. Each pod contains 20 to 40 beans in a kind of paste. The raw beans are about 2.5 cm long. After harvesting, the pods are opened and emptied. The removed paste is then left to ferment in the sun for a few days. After drying, the beans are broken into small pieces and passed through a grinder to separate the beans from their husks. The cacao pieces are then ground with a stone for 10 hours to a fine paste. The paste is sieved to separate the remaining pieces from the butter. The remaining pieces are further ground into cocoa powder. Alkalized Cocoa Dutch (alkaline) cocoa is different from cocoa in other countries, which is why alkaline cocoa is also called Dutched cocoa in the U.S. The natural cocoa is washed with a potassium carbonate solution, which neutralises the acid in the cocoa. Because of …"