Switzerland is famous for it's chocolate, and the reason for this is the inclusion of milk in their chocolate. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the Callier chocolate factory near Gruyere. here are some cool pictures!
in those holes were pictures of happy swiss cows
all the ingredients that would go in
hazelnuts and canisters that had their scent when opened
almonds with the same smell canisters
the machine that spews lines of warm chocolate
same machine
machine that chops up the chocolate into little inch long pieces
this machine was awesome, it used a computer to analyze each piece that came out of the chopper to see if it was fit for packaging. If the chocolate was imperfect, that little grabber thing would pick it up and place it in a bin for remelting
the final packaged candies
the computer that analyzed the suitability of the chocolate
and then on to the tasting room! this room was a little larger than our classroom, but there the table was U shaped and had all sorts of chocolates for tasting. Honestly, sampling all the chocolates was pretty exhausting. After i left this room I needed about a liter of water.
It was really amazing to see the what was required to make the chocolate, and the history of the chocolate was cool too.
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