"Cocoa" in Forum Topics

Colored Cocoa Butters from ChefRubber

04/28/10 14:27:41, by George Trejo

I'm looking to start using colored cocoa butters from Chef Rubber. It seems they offer many lines of colors including Artisan, Decor Jewel, Natural and Pearl. Does anyone have any experience using these? In your opinions which line of colors would be the best for bon bons. I especially like the colors used at Williamdeanchocolates.com

Cocoa Planting DNA Selection for Flavor

10/03/16 19:46:11, by Ning-Geng Ong

I'm looking for scientific methods or lab processes to indicate flavor profile that are available to planters and farmers.Planting for yield and resistance is the practice up till recently and needs to change for the sake of fine flavor chocolate.  I would like to start this thread for any resources that would empower planting decisions. Taste profiling or organoleptic tests with dried beans is widely practised but I would like to know if there are other approaches. This would greatly help...

Making Cocoa Beans… Chocolate!

12/29/11 04:19:27, by Panod

Hi! Im Nod, and Im from Thailand!Making Chocolate has always been my dream since I was in 3rd Grade, and when the teacher asked me what I would like to do in the future, I answered making chocolate, now I want to make my childhood dream come true. I start learning how to make the chocolate Beans to Bar seriously about 6 months ago reading thick books, and browsing through this website, I have tired making the beans to bar 5 times now, and it keeps on failing. I follow the tips such as leaving...

Kosher Couverture Chocolate and cocoa butter

09/06/16 23:56:17, by Raanan

Hi, I am making Kosher cholov yisroel pralines and truffles. It is hard to find Kosher ingredients mostly couverture Chocolate and cocoa butter. Is anyone know where can I find? By the way I am from the UK. Thank you so much Raanan

F/S -- Cocoa Pod Mould for Filled or Solid Chocolates

10/11/16 14:48:29, by thepunisherplan@gmail.com

Cocoa Pod MouldFor solid pieces or filled chocolatesThese are in perfect condition 24 cavities per mould5 available... $15 each

Raw Cocoa beans from Ecuador / Venezuela / Peru

06/09/13 03:23:02, by anthony aaron

Hi guys,If anyone is looking to source South American cocoa beans, harvested from Criollo dominated farming regions then please look no further, through a rather complexe maze of contacts I acquired whilst living in South America I now have a reliable steady supply coming into the UK, ittook me long enough to sort out, I've beenat it for the last 4 years,sending emails back and forth along with a few visits.[ EDITED to remove direct contact information.]Speak soon and as a new member of this...

West African cocoa and Gourmet chocolate

12/15/11 07:16:21, by Alan

Is there a legitimate role for the mild West African cocoas in the Gourmet Chocolate industry?

COCOA PROCESSING IN GHANA WEST AFRICA

02/20/09 11:04:16, by kwasi sefa

DEAR ALLWE ARE LOOKING FOR COMPANIES OR INDIVIDUALS WHOP WILL LIKE TO INSTALL MACHINERY TO PROCESS COCOA BEANS INTO LIQUER,COCOA POWDER, AND OTHER COCOA PRODUCTS. GHANA IS A MAJOR PRODUCER OF COCOA BEANS SO THE RAW MATERIALS WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM. PLEASE FOR MORE INFORMAYTION PLEASE COMMENT AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOUI THANK YOU IN ADVANCERGDSMR KWASI

Colored Cocoa Butter stayed in the mold

02/01/17 16:24:24, by riche

Please take a look at these photos and let me know what we did wrong. Also when this happens any recommendations on how to clean out the molds efficiently. Thank you, Rich

Adding coconut sugar to cocoa paste

05/05/17 05:29:42, by Chocolo

Hi everyone,I'm still very new to the chocolate making process and am yet to purchase a melanger to make my chocolate from scratch. I have practised tempering shop bought chocolate and now that I have that technique sorted, I wanted to make chocolate sweetened with coconut sugar, so I melted 140g organic cocoa paste and stirred in (or attempted to stir in) 60g coconut sugar that had been ground down to a fine powder in my nutribullet. However, I had probably stirred in around half of the...

F/S Organic Fairtrade Cocoa Butter - Ohio

03/31/16 11:24:38, by perfectmiles

We have 1,000+ lbs of organic, fairtrade, cocoa butter warehoused in Ohio. Purchased from Atlantic Cocoa last year. Packed in 25 kg boxes. Asking price $4.10/lb. If interested email miles@perfectfuel.com

Looking for small scale cocoa processing machinery

10/12/11 16:40:38, by Daniel Mensah Ganyoame

I am from Ghana, the second largest producer of cocoa in the world. I want members to assist me get contacts to bean to bar chocolate making machinery on small scale, just like what cocoatown is doing. I need the complete set, especially the cracker/winnower.