"Hi all,
I also read an interesting article on sugar and I thought it will benefit all the chocolatiers. The article explains that each sugar works differently. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/SUGAR-SUGAR-Cane-and-beet-share-the-same-2939081.php
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Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andal Balu Feb 28. 16 Replies 0 Likes
I've searched through old forums and not found the answer I was looking for. Perhaps I didn't search hard enough, so please forgive me if this is a repeat question.After a series of complicated…Continue
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Andal Balu replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"We thank you for your wishes. We could not have done it without the support from our customers and well wishers. We thank the bean to bar pioneers who got us into making equipment for bean to bar industry, the customers who support us with feedback…"
Thomas Forbes replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"Thank you and congratulations or felizidades for the FCIA award. "
Andal Balu replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"Hi Thomas,
Please send us an email at info@cocoatown.com and I can send you the order form for ordering the belt."
Thomas Forbes replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"Andal,
I have the small melanger and have had good luck with about 30+ batches so far, usually between 4 and 7 pounds of total ingredients. With nibs, I heat them up on a double boiler and put them in a little at a…"
Andal Balu replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"Hi all,
CocoaTown ECGC-12 had a V belt and some customers had a problem and they changed it to fiberglass belt as suggested by Ben. ECGC-12SL uses poly V belt made in Germany and it does not have the same problem. It is an elastic belt and…"
Casandra Hutchinson replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"Thanks everybody. I'm going to get my ladies to start adding the sugar much later in the game. We'll see how it goes."
antonino allegra replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"I have a small CocoaTown grinder and it works fine for us, we don't so chocolate but only small tests that we then bring it to the big machines.
Thanks for the belt tip: i have noticed that it is a bit "sloppy" and seize too easy: it…"
rene replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"everybody say that 12sl is better :)"
Debra Fleck replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"which is better, the santha or the SL12 Cocoa Town?"
Felipe Jaramillo F. replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"Max capacity I've put in are 9.7 pounds (4.4 kg).
If using added cocoa butter (eg. for milk chocolate of more creamy dark) I usually melt it in a saucepan first. I put it in the grinder and immediately start adding the nibs. It helps a lot and…"
Clay Gordon replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"Casandra:
Ben is absolutely right. You can't just dump all the nib/licor in at once; the machine will sieze. The "problem" is that the motor does not generate enough torque to move the bowl when more than a certain amount of product…"
Ben Rasmussen replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"I wouldn't let this dissuade you from the cocoatown melanger. Santha's melangers have the same problem, including their bigger ones--haven't heard of this particular problem with the larger cocoatowns, though.
If you look around on…"
rene replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"i'm was about to buy one 12sl for lab but now im not sure...changing belts etc does not sound good"
Ben Rasmussen replied to Casandra Hutchinson's discussion Capacity of CocoaTown Melanger"I use a few of the ECGC-12 melangers (the predecessor of the 12SL) and I generally run 8lbs at a time in them. You can't put it all in at once, though. You have to slowly load the melanger over a little while.
A couple things to help the…"
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- The moment I opened a giant luggage back in the Peace Corps office in Lima to reveal a CocoaTown melanger! I took me almost 8 months just to organize it's purchase and transport to my sleepy mountain town in the north of Peru. 2nd best moment was when my ladies proudly showed me that they were masters of running and cleaning the machine.
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- 70% dark with mint
Hello world. I'm a Peace Corps volunteer working with an association of cacao growers as well as an association of women chocolatiers. What I'm hoping out of chocolatelife is to be able to put you all in contact with my cacao growers (if you like) and to get some sweet sweet help and suggestions for product development with my chocoladies.
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