“Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is.”—Erich Fromm

The first step in making your own chocolate is deciding what you want it to taste like. It sounds obvious, but if you don’t know where you want to go, it’s much harder to get there. “Well, I want CHOCOLATE!” you say. Fine. There is a varieties of flavors. In other things you eat, do you like smooth and delicate or bold and aggresive. Think along those lines. We will talk about cocoa bean choice next.