go regional coco de mer from south america and then i came to central america and eventually to africa. my name is christian venice i'm originally from colombia where i run a cocoa plantations and i chose cocoa because i've always wanted to do something that connects my 2 countries of origin of switzerland and colombia in the. bible that my food name the cocoa tree grows up to 5 metres tall grow on the trunk and multiple branches like normal food still pretty thin. no but i wanted to take the cocoa apart and cut it open and you find the beans inside the fruit you place these fruits in wooden boxes and cover them with banana lives but on this introduces you stand back in syria which initiate fermentation then 48 hours later you turn them over this process takes 5 to 6 days in all and you have to keep turning the fruit to different intervals and depending on when you turn them you can bring out certain flavors because medicare medicaid. are going to get. to as the 1st thing we do know is our window that means to remove the skins and i don't have to when you will know them you peel the sk