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# Two different ways to open cacao pods
- URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/two-different-ways-to-open-cacao-pods/
- Published: 2017-08-15T21:56:14.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-01T22:08:11.000Z
- Author: DiscoverChoc
- Tags: Ask TCL, Travelogues

The following video was after my most recent trip to Peru for the Salon del Cacao y Chocolate and La Ruta del Cacao.

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Comment by: DiscoverChoc

Posted on: Aug 16, 2017

@DavidCacaoHuila – In Nicaragua I have seen the use of wooden mallets as well as stroker boards that look like tongue-and-groove. The goals here are worker safety and to reduce the risk of damaging beans. Different cultures, different methods along every step of post-harvest.

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Comment by: DavidCacaoHuila

Posted on: Aug 16, 2017

It´s surprising to see how many different ways people around the world uses for braking and opening pods. I personally prefer hacking the machete into a log in the ground and then using it´s back to open the pods in a single movement.

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Comment by: DiscoverChoc

Posted on: Aug 15, 2017

The video was shot in a USAID/TechnoServe/Alianza Cacao demonstration farm in the Ucayali province not far from Pucallpa.