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November 18, 2017 / Documentary Photography

A Taste of a Great Story

Hacienda San José is the largest cocoa farm in Venezuela, located in the Paria peninsula to the north-east of the country. It has been owned by The FRANCESCHI family since 1830, and it is dedicated to the production, process and sale of the highest quality cacao beans and cocoa derivative products. In this project you will walk through the most spectacular faces of the cacao processing, such us: Harvesting, Depulping, Fermentation, Drying, Selection and Storage

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general view of man walking through the cacao farm searching for cacao beans

a man grabbing a cacao bean from the tree

counting and separating the cacao beans depending on the variaty

a man putting the cacao beans on a tractor to trasnport them

a portrait of a woman depulping the cacao bean

depulped beans on the truck ready for fermentation

farmers putting the cacao beans on the big wooden boxes

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Casa Franceschi, A Taste of a great story

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Disclaimer: the content of this gallery was photographed while working with AL AGUA CINEMA

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November 18, 2017 / Documentary Photography

A Taste of a Great Story

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