This document discusses the history of chocolate and its production. It details how cocoa beans are harvested from cacao trees and then fermented, dried, roasted, and ground into chocolate liquor. The liquor is then further processed through conching and tempering to produce solid or liquid chocolate products. Chocolate has its origins in Mesoamerican cultures and was first popularized in Europe in the early modern period.

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