巧克力衍生的8大职业

    可可种植农夫

    大部分的可可农夫都在第三世界国家，例如多米尼加、厄瓜多尔、巴西、加纳和马来西亚。不过在过去15年里，有一些可可种植园也进入了夏威夷，还有专家认为在波多黎各也能种植可可。可可种植是一项劳动力密集型的工作，可可果必须逐一采摘，因为它们不是同时成熟的。不过，对于巧克力爱好者来说，在可可庄园里工作几个月，是职业生涯很好的一个开端。资深巧克力从业人士称，这项工作能让人了解到巧克力制造的最源头，也能将你引向巧克力制造的其他环节。

    Cacao farmer

    Most cacao farmers work outside the U.S. in countries like the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Brazil, Ghana, and Malaysia. But over the past 15 years, a few cacao orchards have been springing up in Hawaii, and experts say they are viable in Puerto Rico, too. Cacao farming is a labor-intensive process, and the cacao pods must be harvested individually because they do not all ripen at once. Yet for someone who's interested in chocolate, spending a few months at a "chocolate farm" could be an excellent career starter. The job brings people to the very beginnings of the chocolate-making process, and that can lead to opportunities elsewhere, veteran chocolatiers say.