Raw Chocolate Seed Comparison (Cacao, Macambo, Cupuacu)- Weird Fruit Explorer Ep 278

[@Faustobellissimo]

Yes, it is fermented because fermentation is the only way to remove the white pulp outside the kernel. But I suggest you look for cocoa that's been dried with the pulp attached, the whole seed cluster together. The sweetness of the pulp balances the bitterness of the kernel.

[@oakstrong1]

Really? Won't the pulp get spoiled and then spoil the beans? I just watched a video of how to make chocolate from cacao fruit. Interesting but hard the fermenting seems to need some skill. I knew the tempering is tricky.

[@alicepearce4597]

These days, almost everything is being marketed as "superfood" to drive up the price. If an food item ever shows up on Dr. Oz's the price will double or even triple very quickly.

[@quearesteestavia7495]

when I visited the Honduran Island Of Roatan I went to a botanical garden where we made chocolate. They had dried and fermented it before we came as that process takes 10 days. The chocolate Goddess Elsbeth was roasting the beans as we arrived. They had been roasted with the covering on. Our first job was to take the covering off and reveal the nibs. We ate a couple of whole nibs which tasted like roasted nuts. After some of us ground the nibs they began to taste like chocolate and mildly bitter. Elsbeth added some sugar and cocoa butter to the ground nibs and heated them, then tempered them in cold water. She then put the chocolate in molds and into a freezer. We were given the molded chocolates after lunch. they were tasty, more so as we had been part of the process. So, at least on Roatan, the beans are roasted whole, then the covering is taken off.

[@sooobyrooo5763]

Well this one was super fantastic and I am going to have to try some of each. I appreciate you going through the investment and the taste testing!

[@AshesAshes44]

I believe it's the hulls that are sold as mulch in Hershey Pennsylvania. It was a long time ago so I don't remember how much a small bag cost, but the garden smelled like chocolate for a long time.

[@TheLaughingDove]

As soon as your cat jumped behind you I immediately started chanting PAT THE CAT and I was satisfied... Awesome vid as usual!

[@tohopes]

If I had those on hand, I would try to ferment the cupuassu and mocambo (instructions to ferment cacao can be found online) and then roast them all in an oven, perhaps at 250F for 25 minutes. Nothing you couldn't do in an apartment.

[@WeirdExplorer]

tohopes I looked into it. wouldn't be able to ferment the same way . i may try roasting the cupuacu though for a coffee alternative. i imagine it would be like chic pea coffee

[@AZ-tf2hx]

I live vicariously through your videos

[@TheMimiSard]

I do know cocoa hulls - probably roasted ones - can be used to make a mild chocolate tea. My favourite (though expensive) tea shop sells boxes of it.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I've never heard of that. I'll have to try it

[@spaceboyo90]

idk why but 6:20 got me off guard and i died for a second also

[@marialiyubman]

You have been resurrected.

[@mauronarf]

Wow, I just came back from Salvador, Brazil, where I tried Cupuacu. I HAD to check if you had a video on it! =D Thanks! Great video! :)

[@bazookallamaproductions5280]

remember. fat content does not mean "how fat will you get" gaining weight is a simple equasion of calories in versus calories out. i majored in biology and have been an avid weight lifter for 8 years. (now, of course different things factor into that. poor nutrient absorption lowers your "in" value, and slow metabolism lowers your "out" value, but that doesnt change my original statement.)

[@CutiePie-xi4zo]

Lol just to the part when you said it! I was just about to comment you spent a pretty penny on this episode! 😂😂😂

[@marialiyubman]

I wonder if you can make white chocolate from the copuacu beans. They’re already white and even if you were to make it like they make regular white chocolate (just cocoa butter) - it’s richer than regular cacao beans.

[@sarahbowbara]

You’re the man!!

[@chiefchocophile]

The "winey" flavor of the theobroma cacao comes from the fermentation of the cacao beans. If you roast the beans the winey-ness would be reduced. It might go away completely depending on how you roasted them and what acids were present in the bean naturally from their genetics and terroir. The theobroma bicolor and cupuacu, as you said, have not been fermented.

[@andiarrohnds5163]

seems like awesome hiker food

[@WeirdExplorer]

It would be! If you don't mind the high cost you've got a lot of protein, fat and a kick of caffeine. They may actually be cheaper per pound than buying protein bars ha.

[@kunheelee88]

C U P U A C U B U T T E R sounds awesome. Low fat butter substitute Also, you have yet to try strawberry spinach berries

[@cerverg]

You can find it on ebay and it's not cheap it's around $50

[@dataquester]

Dang dude those r pricey.. Nice vid tho!! Keep em comin!!!!

[@whatthefunction9140]

I love Cupuacu, if you find a sweet and creamy one.

[@bonrya]

Thanks for the links! How did you know I'd be wanting to buy these 😍

[@bonrya]

They're not avail to be shipped here 😓

[@ZE308AC]

can you use it to keep you from sleeping during meetings?

[@heraffa]

I couldn't find an episode of you tasting Honey Berry. Do you have one or will you make one?

[@WeirdExplorer]

Heather E haven't had them yet... hopefully I'll find them soon!

[@heraffa]

Weird Explorer looking forward to it. You give very good descriptions. I'm thinking of growing some in my yard.

[@robertjack4329]

instant sub. nice channel.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks Robert, glad to have you on board

[@Arcanua]

I'd have eatten those in reverse order to chase the cacao bean taste they're too strong and it enough so I've neevr found them pleasant compared to the beans usually used for chocolate.

[@ZE308AC]

Have you tried carob fruit Pods?

[@mrminer071166]

How does fat-content/fatty taste compare to macadamia nuts? I OD'd on mac-nuts on time, and had a nightmare that I was eating whale-blubber sushi, little 1 cm cubes of cut-up whale-blubber on toothpicks. Kinda ill.

[@I.amthatrealJuan]

It would certainly be quite a hassle if you were to transform those into chocolate.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I looked into it and its way too much work and involves a lot of equipment that I dont have

[@segredodosrios8965]

Chocolate da Semente do Cupuaçu ?

[@DaddyBlueJay3207]

Who else screamed when the kitty showed up?

[@roneven3420]

they're all different. theobroma bicolor,grandiflora and cacao.

[@reilea9977]

What's your cat's name?

[@WeirdExplorer]

Vostok, Its the name of the first manned space-shuttle and also the coldest place on earth. Seemed appropriate since she's mostly white and has David Bowie eyes

[@reilea9977]

Weird Explorer Two different colors or one eye with a permanent dilated pupil? (David's eyes weren't really different colors, they looked different colored cuz the operation he had left him with a permanently dialated pupil). My cat's name was Here Kitty Kitty.

[@eschelar]

Dude, you need to occasionally drop an f bomb or some innuendo or something to make sure KZbin doesn't call this kid friendly content. Lol

[@WeirdExplorer]

KZbin makes you choose now if your content is intended for kids.... I click the button saying its not for kids. Gotta be free to drop a dick joke here and there.

[@Thylamis]

What about cacao toasted?

[@WeirdExplorer]

They taste about the same, just less fermented and more roasted. I kept them out for time sake

[@thebluenoble6175]

Jared......Thats it i just wanted to say your name

[@yenee94]

KITTEH

[@WeirdExplorer]

yenee94 Kate she's the star of the show

[@mamonamon3610]

PLEASE, LET ME SLEEP.

[@xPumaFangx]

I would take that jar of Macambo, or Cupuacu. With a piece of paper. I'll write dried idiot brains on it. Then tape that to the jar.

[@WeirdExplorer]

That is brilliant marketing right there.

[@XcaptainXobliviousX]

the pictures of Cupuaçu seeds i could find around the internet all seem to be slightly orangish brown, and smaller than the ones you received. i think you really did just get incorrectly labeled macambo seeds. tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=23971.0

[@WeirdExplorer]

They have a shell around them, these are just the kernels inside the seeds

[@XcaptainXobliviousX]

that explains a lot, thanks!

[@FishareFriendsNotFood972]

10 grams of fat for one ounce is a LOT, even by nut standards!

[@baronblackdragon9078]

Froot Dood

[@Albert87nl]

4 years further... you CANNOT buy Macambo anywhere.. and f you do.. 5 beans for 50 dollars.. like WTF did we hype it up so much it got ruined or somthing :S