4 The Course to Chocolate

THE COURSE TO CHOCOLATE by Harriet Brundle

哈丽特·布伦德尔的《巧克力之路》

HOP IN THE CHOCOLATE BOX Hello! My name is Kwame and this is my food truck, the Chocolate Box. Which of my tasty chocolate bars would you like to try? MENU Milk chocolate Dark chocolate White chocolate Chocolate caramel Oh no! I've run out of chocolate! I need to go get some more. Hop in the Chocolate Box and come with me! The Chocolate Box

跳进巧克力盒子里，你好！我叫夸梅，这是我的餐车，巧克力盒。 你想尝尝我的哪条美味巧克力棒？ 菜单牛奶巧克力黑巧克力白巧克力巧克力焦糖巧克力哦不！我的巧克力吃完了！我得再去拿点。 跳上巧克力盒，跟我走吧！巧克力盒子

THE COURSE TO CHOCOLATE Chocolate is made from cocoa beans. The beans come from cacao trees. The Chocolate Box Cocoa beans Cocoa pods growing on a cacao tree Cacao trees grow pods that have cocoa beans inside. To get the beans, people cut the pods from the trees.

巧克力之路巧克力是由可可豆制成的。 可可豆来自可可树。 巧克力盒子可可豆可可豆长在可可树上的可可豆荚可可树的豆荚里有可可豆。 为了得到豆子，人们从树上砍下豆荚。

INSIDE THE POD Then, the pods are cut open. Cocoa beans and white pulp are taken out and are left to ferment. The Chocolate Box Cocoa beans covered in pulp After fermenting, the beans are dried. Sometimes, they are dried by machines. Other times, they are dried under the hot sun.

然后，把豆荚切开。 可可豆和白色果肉被取出，然后发酵。 被纸浆覆盖的可可豆在发酵后被晒干。 有时，它们用机器晒干。 其他时候，他们在烈日下晒干。

AT THE FACTORY Next, the dried beans go to a factory, where they are cleaned and roasted. Roasting brings out the chocolate flavor. After roasting, the beans' shells are taken away. Only cocoa nibs are left. Cocoa nibs

在工厂接下来，干豆被送到工厂，在那里被清洗和烘烤。 烤出了巧克力的味道。 烤完后，豆子的壳被拿走。 只剩下可可粒了。可可碎仁

GRIND IT UP The nibs are ground up. This makes a very thick, dark liquid called cocoa mass. The cocoa mass is made up of cocoa butter and cocoa solids. Cocoa butter is the fatty part of chocolate. Cocoa solids are dry and give the chocolate flavor.

把笔尖磨碎了。 这就形成了一种非常粘稠的深色液体，叫做可可浆。 可可团是由可可脂和可可固体组成的。 可可脂是巧克力的脂肪部分。 可可固体是干的，给巧克力带来味道。