Best Courses to Learn Cacao Fermentation
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I know the heads of Penn State’s Cacao Research Lab (Mark and Siela) and so I am confident that any program on cacao fermentation inside their lab would be interesting. I don’t know anything about the Food Science program other than I think the annual chocolate-making intensive is hosted by that program. Is Food Science offering field studies in cacao fermentation? Where?
From a quick look at the Basque CC’s master’s program it’s not clear to me that cacao fermentation is a part of the curriculum.
One place I would start is the Cocoa Research Centre in Trinidad, which is housed in the University of the West Indies. Being located in a cocoa-producing country would interest me. OTOH, my friend and colleague Zoi Papalexandratou got her degree (in food fermentation, food microbiology, and post-harvest processing of cacao) at
In the US there nay be something in Hawaii and/or Puerto Rico – cacao grows in both places – offering field studies.
Hey, thank you for this response. Super helpful and helps point me in the right direction 