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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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OK, this one may or may not be fair, but I swear it is cocoa bean and homemade chocolate related. And something I’ve been meaning to address for some time. So, give it a go, and I’ll use it a spring board a little later.
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Well, that was indeed the wheels of the Santha with product on them. The ‘trick’ if there was one was that it was not chocolate. It was praline. Some time ago I read in The Cake Bible that it just was not possible to make Praline at home - that it was not possible to […]
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Brad and Chad had it right. It is indeed the teeth on the cutter wheel on the Champion. On that note, have a look at what a few hundred pounds of chocolate will do.
If your cutter wheel is looking like the one of the left, you might want to pick up a new one. Yes, […]
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Well, Mike had the exact right answer. It is the hinge to the Behmor roasting basket
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Try this one on for size.
Yep, part of something used here for making chocolate.
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I mentioned a little bit ago I wanted to put up something a little fun. It’s a game a photographer friend of mine suggested that I have had a lot of fun with. It’s basically to identify the item in the photo. The trick? It’s an extreme close up or a ‘Macro’. In this case […]
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