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"It is dark as the AlChemist walks along the corridor, rough stone under his feet, air warmed from well smoldering hearth fires stirring his cowl. He opens a hewn timber door, worn smooth at the threshold over years of use. He breaths deeply the comforting smells of this laboratory. Hints of wood and smoke linger in the air from the last time he roasted raw materials for his elixirs. Another smell, heady and almost intoxicating, brings a smile to his face as he remembers the smell wafting up as he was last grinding his pastes and powders. He looks about. Everything is in place. The roasting drum is cool in the hearth. The mortars and pestles are laid out neat and tidy, only a small amount of deep brown paste marring their finish. The cracking mill is sitting ready, waiting for the next batch to be crushed fresh out of the roaster. It is time to begin his magic, his devotion, his passion, his Alchemy, yet again. He prepares himself for the work ahead. The roasting, the cracking, the winnowing, the grinding, the mixing. The transformation of base materials into something more than they were. The transformation of cocoa beans to chocolate, the work of Chocolate Alchemy."
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Due to some prompting from, Santha is now making a Stainless Still hub for the Alchemist’s Stone Melanger. I have 9 available. Caps will be available after the turn of the year.
Also, the friuty Madagascar is back in stock. And I finally have in 100% Organic whole milk powder. Look for it over the weekend. […]
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OK, you say that they have always been available. Well, true and not true. I have always offered them up to 5 lbs and never as wholesale. That now changes. There are Wholesale Nibs now available. Consider it a test run. Partly, do they sell, or inversely, if they do, can I keep up.
Why am […]
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Well, the Peru sold out the same day I said it was in short supply. I was just about to put up the same ‘low stock’ warning about the Papua New Guinea, but alas, it is actually all gone.
I have a sample of Papua New Guinea in from the current crop that I like a […]
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We are just about out of the delicate and soft Peru. No, I don’t know if any more will be coming in any time soon. So, if you have not tried it and have been thinking about it, now is the time. It probably will not be around next week.
The same is true with the […]
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There is a new bean available from an origin I have not had in a while. Ecuador. It is processed in quite a novel and good way. Sort of semi-washed. Check out the review and all about it.
‘Don Homero’ Ecuador
Other than that, as to be expected, things are quite rough around here currently. I […]
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Madagascar will be back in stock early next week. I also have a brand new semi-washed (more on that later) Ecuador that is full of clean graham cracker and malt flavors. A couple weeks after that I am going to be offering up four of the current stock as roasted (with small minimums) and see […]
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