Chocolate is made from up to 12 different types of cocoa beans.

Choose the, word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

Chocolate is made from up to 12 different types of cocoa beans. (1)____, the beans are sorted by hand before being roasted. Each type of bean is roasted separately.

(2) _____, the shells of the beans are removed. (3)_______, the beans are mashed into a thick paste and sugar and vanilla are added. This paste is called the ‘chocolate liquor’. (4) ____ the chocolate  liquor is heated for up to 72 hours. Following this, the liquor is repeatedly heated and then cooled for several hours.

(5)______, the chocolate is allowed to cool and harden before being packaged.

(1)..................

• A. Firstly
• B. The first
• C. First
• D. A & C are correct