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Questions for Bean to Bar Production
Started Jul 23, 2012 0 Replies 0 Likes
I have some basic questions about cacao production and pricing for organic beans. Please see below, any help would be greatly appreciated.+ How long does it take for a Criollo plant to mature before…Continue
Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rifat Tuzcuoglu Nov 13, 2012. 14 Replies 0 Likes
I wanted to see if any chocolate producers have used coffee roasters to roast cacao. I'm looking for a mid-size capacity roaster that doesn't look like a toaster oven and doesn't cost $30K. There are…Continue
Need to find a Roaster and Winnower
Started this discussion. Last reply by Rifat Tuzcuoglu Nov 13, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Greetings Chocolate Lifers! I'm new to the forum, but I'm working on a project in Belize were we'll be doing bean to bar production. I'm on the hunt for a small to medium size roaster and winnower…Continue
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Rifat Tuzcuoglu replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?
Matthew Runeare posted a discussionQuestions for Bean to Bar Production
I have some basic questions about cacao production and pricing for organic beans. Please see below, any help would be greatly appreciated.+ How long does it take for a Criollo plant to mature before harvesting?+ Does the amount of cacao harvested change over time, if so by what percentage? (i.e. less when younger more when older?)+ Do you know what the standard price per ton is for organic cacao beans? Does it change per varietal?Thanks. MatthewSee More
Matthew Runeare replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"This is great, thank you for the info. I'll reach out to Erkan and possibly Coffe-tech as well.
All the best.
M"
antonino allegra replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"here we go, extract from an email i sent to a The Chocolate Life memebr.:
here below the email ad. of Erkan :eaydin@erselexport.com
my business partner (before i joined in) lost $5k on a deposit for a AMBEX roaster... then via some research he found…"
Clay Gordon replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"Absolutely."
antonino allegra replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"Hi Clay,
i have pics and info about the Roaster, is it ok to post it?"
Dan Urieli replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"Hi. Just wanted to add a bit from my experience. I'm working at Coffee-Tech Engineering.
We're manufacturers of coffee roasters and we have several customers roasting cacao with our roasters, some with our 2 Kg shop roasters and some with…"
Erin replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"Can you post it please so we can all get the info? Thank you.
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Matthew Runeare replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"Great info…can you send me the information on where you got your roaster.
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Brad Churchill replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"I've looked into coffee roasters too, and the one issue was drum speed. The people I contacted indicated that they could slow down the drum rotation of any size of coffee roaster they sold, but there would be an extra…"
antonino allegra replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"Sorry, continued:
and unless you mess around with the setting you should have quite a even, consistent product.
we roast 15 kg beans at time and breakage is minimal (anyway, you need to winnow!!) with few tricks we manage to extract certain notes…"
antonino allegra replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"Hi Matthew, Colin,
we didn't modify the machine.
our roaster is equipped with digital drum speed control, an electronic/digital thermostat, and 3 point of gas/fire adjustment + ventilation valve that we can adjust as well.
we…"
Colin Gasko replied to Matthew Runeare's discussion Can you use a Coffee Roaster for Roasting Cacao?"Matthew,
You'll find that most coffee roasting drums rotate too rapidly and tend to chew up cacao. I've tried in a Dietrich and a Joper and both produced significant levels of breakage. Also, these machines aren't engineered for the…"
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