MANUFACTURE 



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SECTION THROUGH GRINDING STONES. 



This " mass " may be used for the production of 

 either cocoa or chocolate. When part of the fat (cacao 

 butter) is taken away the residue may be made to yield 

 cocoa. When sugar and cacao butter are added it yields 

 eating chocolate. Thus the two industries are seen to 

 be inter-dependent, the cacao butter which is pressed 

 out of the mass in the manufacture of cocoa being used 

 up in the production of chocolate. The manufacture 

 of cocoa will first be considered. 



(i) Pressing out the excess of Butter. 



The liquified cacao bean or " mass," simply mixed 

 with sugar and cooled until it becomes a hard cake, 

 has been used by the British Navy for a hundred years 

 or more for the preparation of Jack's cup of cocoa. It 

 produces a fine rich drink much appreciated by our 



