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Home roasting beans with delicate flavour notes

Hi, I've recently purchased some Criollo bean stock and want to be careful roasting them.   Previously, I've roasted on a perforated bakin…

Started by Gap

1 Jan 29
Reply by jorge camacho

Identifying mouldy beans

Hi, I was wondering if someone could give me some guides for identifying mouldy beans.   I'm new to chocolate making and recently roasted…

Started by Gap

3 Jan 28
Reply by Gap

Glistening beans during roasting

Hi, I'm fairly new to chocolate making. I was making my 11th batch yesterday and, for the first time, used Ghana (washed) beans. During th…

Started by Gap

3 Dec 14, 2012
Reply by Gap

Freeze Drying Your Own Milk

Just wondering if anyone had bothered to freeze dry their own milk for use in chocolate making? Also I have heard of spray drying and rolle…

Started by Tom

11 Oct 22, 2012
Reply by Tom

Table-top Conching Machine??

My nearly new Ultra Grind + (wet grinder) like the Santha , is just about worn out after 8 months of abuse. When I started this hobby "from…

Started by Frank Schmidt

34 Apr 26, 2012
Reply by ramya

Winnowers

There has been a lot of discussion about winnowers here on The Chocolate Life recently. As anyone who has tried to make chocolate at home a…

Started by Clay Gordon

25 Feb 24, 2012
Reply by Rodney Nikkels

Basic milk chocolate recipes

I'm sure this is ground that's been plowed already and I just can't find it, but I am looking for some very basic recipes for milk chocolat…

Started by Daniel Mollsen

0 Oct 28, 2011

chocolate exports

I run a little Company dealing in supplies of Diary products to quite a good number of supermarkets. I would like to have a distributorship…

Started by Michelle N.

1 Aug 23, 2011
Reply by Eric Durtschi

My experience with wet grinder.

I have a wet grinder (1.5 Lt capacity) and used to grind my Cocoa in it. It was fun at times, sometimes frustrating too!!! The wet grinder…

Started by Rajarajeshwari Kainthaje

5 Mar 1, 2011
Reply by Rajarajeshwari Kainthaje

Building a vibrating table

I'm in the process of drawing up plans to build a vibrating table and was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what the appropriate…

Started by Mike

12 Nov 28, 2010
Reply by Anthony Lange

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