{"id":940,"date":"2019-02-13T08:05:10","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T13:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/?p=940"},"modified":"2022-10-13T17:13:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T21:13:19","slug":"haitian-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"From cocoa to Haitian chocolate balls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>I initially published this Haitian chocolate article on November 12, 2014. Today, I have updated it with new improved pictures.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The weather always has a way to influence what our taste buds desire, and in my case I have specific cravings. When it\u2019s hot outside, I can\u2019t help but crave a nice <a title=\"A fresco with peanuts\" href=\"http:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/fresco-lakay\/\">fresco<\/a> to cool me down. And when it\u2019s rainy and cool, all I want is to snuggle with a creamy drink.<\/p>\n<p>Lately, with the wintery type of weather settling in, \u2013 pardon my use of a season in our side of the world where no such thing exists \u2013 we have had gloomy and what the Caribbean girl in me would definitely call cold days. No offense to those currently experiencing real winter.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday in particular, all I could think about was getting under my covers as soon as possible with a mug of warm chocolate with the rain playing in the background as I watched the fog wrap itself around our house.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, a few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation to my own private chocolate making demo session.\u00a0 I finally got to watch first-hand how our local cocoa is turned into the unrefined chocolate balls, better known in Haiti as chokola peyi.\u00a0This means I have some freshly-made Haitian chocolate balls readily available.<\/p>\n<p>So today, we will embark on a Haitian chocolaty adventure that I hope will keep you warm through the upcoming winter wherever you may be.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that this is the homemade version and that, as such, no fancy tools were used.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"intext\">The six steps of making chokola peyi or Haitian chocolate<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Drying:<\/strong> the beans are extracted from the ripe yellowish cocoa by hand, and are left to air dry on a flat surface.<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2308\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-chocolate\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2308 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=800%2C1200\" alt=\"Cocoa, the fruit which beans are turned into chocolate. | tchakayiti.com\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/fresh-cacao-haiti-cacao-tchakayiti.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Roasting:<\/strong> the dried beans, turned darker, are grilled until the outer skin or shellshows signs of detaching itself and the beans start to crack. And yes, much like peanuts, cocoa beans also have a thin layer attached to them.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cooling &amp; Peeling:<\/strong> the grilled beans are set aside to cool down and are hand peeled. The pan is shaken to separate the beans and shells.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Double crushing:<\/strong> the peeled beans are ground twice in a mill. The first step reduces them to a powder and the second releases the fats turning the grains into a paste.<img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2307\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-chocolate\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2307 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?resize=800%2C1200\" alt=\"Believe it or not, these are roasted cocoa beans, the first step in the chocolate making process. | tchakayiti.com\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?resize=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/cocoa-beans-haiti-cacao-grille.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/li>\n<li><strong>Shaping &amp; Wrapping:<\/strong> the resulting paste is then hand rolled into balls that are wrapped in leaves, typically plantain leaves but in our case we used the actual cocoa leaves, where they will dry and turn into hard chocolate balls.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Storing:<\/strong> chokola peyi is said to survive years as long as it\u2019s stored in a cool and dry place. As my demo guy put it, chokola peyi is what you reach for in bad weather when everything else has gone bad. In the provinces of Haiti, they are stored in the galata, but I store mine in an airtight container.<img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2311\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-chocolate\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?fit=1200%2C1800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2311 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?resize=800%2C1200\" alt=\"These chocolate balls are made from scratch in Haiti. Read the blog to learn how cocoa is turned into chocolate the artisan way. | tchakayiti.com\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?resize=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/haitian-chocolate-balls-haiti-chocolat-pays.jpg?resize=100%2C150&amp;ssl=1 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Voila, we\u2019re now ready for endless mugs of warm hot Haitian chocolate to help us through the winter. Hope you enjoy your hot chocolate dark and bittersweet because this is exactly what you will get when you melt our chokola peyi with sweet spices in some steamy hot creamy milk.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I initially published this Haitian chocolate article on November 12, 2014. Today, I have updated it with new improved pictures.\u00a0 The weather always has a way to influence what our taste buds desire, and in my case I have specific cravings. When it\u2019s hot outside, I can\u2019t help but crave a nice fresco to cool me down. And when it\u2019s rainy and cool, all I want is to snuggle with a creamy drink. Lately, with the wintery type of weather settling in, \u2013 pardon my use of a season in our side of the world where no such thing exists \u2013 we have had gloomy and what the Caribbean girl in me would definitely call cold days. No offense to those currently experiencing real winter. Yesterday in particular, all I could think about was getting under my covers as soon as possible with a mug of warm chocolate with the rain playing in the background as I watched the fog wrap itself around our house. Luckily, a few weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to receive an invitation to my own private chocolate making demo session.\u00a0 I finally got to watch first-hand how our local cocoa is turned into the unrefined chocolate balls, better known in Haiti as chokola peyi.\u00a0This means I have some freshly-made Haitian chocolate balls readily available. So today, we will embark on a Haitian chocolaty adventure that I hope will keep you warm through the upcoming winter wherever you may be. Please note that this is the homemade version and that, as such, no fancy tools were used. The six steps of making chokola peyi or Haitian chocolate Drying: the beans are extracted from the ripe yellowish cocoa by hand, and are left to air dry on a flat surface. Roasting: the dried beans, turned darker, are grilled until the outer skin or shellshows signs of detaching itself and the beans start to crack. And yes, much like peanuts, cocoa beans also have a thin layer attached to them. Cooling &amp; Peeling: the grilled beans are set aside to cool down and are hand peeled. The pan is shaken to separate the beans and shells. Double crushing: the peeled beans are ground twice in a mill. The first step reduces them to a powder and the second releases the fats turning the grains into a paste. Shaping &amp; Wrapping: the resulting paste is then hand rolled into balls that are wrapped in leaves, typically plantain leaves but in our case we used the actual cocoa leaves, where they will dry and turn into hard chocolate balls. Storing: chokola peyi is said to survive years as long as it\u2019s stored in a cool and dry place. As my demo guy put it, chokola peyi is what you reach for in bad weather when everything else has gone bad. In the provinces of Haiti, they are stored in the galata, but I store mine in an airtight container. Voila, we\u2019re now ready for endless mugs of warm hot Haitian chocolate to help us through the winter. Hope you enjoy your hot chocolate dark and bittersweet because this is exactly what you will get when you melt our chokola peyi with sweet spices in some steamy hot creamy milk.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[18,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-sucres"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Haitian Chocolate - Tchakayiti, Haiti Food &amp; Flavors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article explains the steps of turning our locally grown cocoa into Haitian Chocolate, better known as chokola peyi, a dark and bittersweet chocolate.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tchakayiti.com\/home\/haitian-chocolate\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Haitian Chocolate - Tchakayiti, Haiti Food &amp; 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