Chocolate field glossary
Moisture
The amount of water present in a material, measured differently from how available that water is to microbes.
Post-harvest · working definitionUse the word
Use the word
with precision.
- Why it matters
- Use this term to connect a farm or post-harvest action with the physical evidence it can and cannot establish.
- Common confusion
- The term “Moisture” is useful only at the scope defined above; it should not be stretched into a general quality, health, origin or ethics claim.
- Practical example
- When you encounter “Moisture” on a wrapper, process description or tasting note, ask what observation or record supports that exact use.