I am so bloody excited to announce we have a new tri of Brewing cocoa

I also just watched you winnow using a hair dryer and it looked like it worked well. My only missing piece is cracking the roasted beans. My Question: Rather than purchase a Champion Juicer, I'm wondering if there might be an effective alternate (cheaper) way to accomplish the cracking?

Is everyone ready for Thanksgiving? I know I am, mostly for the time off and spending some lovely time with some friends I’ve not seen in a while.

It kind of feels like 2020 has been an absolute roller coaster of dodgeball played with live ammunition. We were doing ok and then coming into the home stretch of the year is seems we got hit a few times.

What an interesting set of questions I’ve been receiving this last year. Well, I am using the term interesting in sort of a gently sarcastic way. I find them interesting because

When you make liquor, some solids are screened out by the (Champion) juicer. However, when you just add nibs straight into the melanger, all these solids end up in the chocolate. Is there a difference in the end product either way?