Multiple choice general knowledge

After cacao is harvested the beans are fermented, dried, roasted, shelled and ground to a paste. What is the paste called?

  1. cacoa

  2. chocolate liquor

  3. mother of chocolate

  4. mud
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B Correct answer
Explanation

After cacao beans are fermented, dried, roasted, and shelled, the remaining nibs are ground into a thick, smooth paste called chocolate liquor (also known as cocoa mass or cocoa liquor). It contains both cocoa solids and cocoa butter in roughly equal proportions. It's not called 'cacoa', 'mother of chocolate', or 'mud'.

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