How to Crack and Winnow Cacao Beans | Craft Chocolate Making
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- čas přidán 21. 07. 2024
- In the second episode of our Bean to Bar Craft Chocolate Making series, let's talk about cracking and winnowing cacao beans!
So what do we mean about cracking and winnowing?
Cracking separates the unwanted husks from the beans. The mix of cracked husk and bean fragments is then winnowed, a process in which a gentle vacuum removes the lighter husk material from the heavier bean fragments, now known as nibs.
We're also going to share the different ways on how you can actually do cracking and winnowing.
Below are the links for cracking and winnowing machines mentioned in the video.
Machines for cracking cacao beans:
1. Spectra Cocoa Bean Cracker Machine - www.spectraplaza.com/melanger...
2. Cocoa Town Crackers - cocoatown.com/collections/cra...
3. Nemisto - nemisto.com/products/winnowin...
Winnowing Machines:
1. Sylph Winnower - chocolatealchemy.myshopify.co...
2. CocoaTown - cocoatown.com/collections/win...
3. Spectra - www.spectraplaza.com/melanger...
4. Selmi - www.selmi-group.com/roastedCo...
5. Nemisto - nemisto.com/products/winnowin...
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Thank you very much for your videos. I am in Palawan experimenting with my first batch.
It's taking me so far two hours to remove the nips and I think I still have two hours of work to go. Ha ha ha ha
This truly is an enjoyable, new hobby for me.
I planted several cacao trees behind my house last year, and hope to be seeing my own Kayo fruits in the near future.
You can do it! 🥰 enjoy the journey. Appreciate the work 🍫🍫🍫🇵🇭
Today I ordered to Japan.Hope to understand how to use
Good luck 🍀
Thank you, very helpful
Glad it was helpful! Good luck on your chocolate journey
I took a look at the winnowing machine in cholatealchemy, and the shipping costs more than the price of the machine. I got turned off. But the melanger I bought from an Indian website was pretty OK when it came to shipping. I guess I'll just do the winnowing manually.
Hi I have roast my cocoa beans and also I heard pop sound. But during grinding it's looking like dark purple not brown. Is it anything wrong with process? Do you think I can still use it to make my chocolate?
Thanks for asking. the popping sound when you first heard it, you already took it out of the roaster? It may have been too early. The popping sound is an indication that the roasting process is on the way as the the skin of the bean is popping and creating thin layer of separation from the bean
Typically it should be on the brown side vs purple. You can try roasting again but will have to have a more closer look at it.
Once you learn to the quirks of your roaster and the beans you typically use, you will now be able to set some proper protocol for your roasting process.
Hope this helps 😊
Dito po ba nakabase sa Philippines ang chocolatealchemy?
No po maam sa US po ang chocolate alchemy
Hi Ma’am, I have a question. Do we need to cool down the temperature of cacao beans after roasting before cracking it or the cooling stage is optional?
Hi Rayli we answered this question in your other post po. thanks uli sa pag support sa channel
@@cacaocultureph the answer isnt in this comment section.. thanks if you can answer here yes or no
hi, I don't have a lot of experience, but seems you can peal them hot or cool. Doesn't seem to matter.
Hi! Can I buy the used sylph winnower from you? Would love to gift it to my grandmother.
I’ll double check if it’s in good condition. Pls message us on our FB page 😊
Thank you so much!
Hi mam, how much is the usual price for the cracking and winnowing machine? where can I get it? thank you.
Hi Doc, thanks for watching our videos and supporting the channel 😊 Branded ones typically used by chocolate makers are much more expensive. Check Godel Chocolate - they supply Machines as well.
@@cacaocultureph ok thanks! :)
Hi maam anu po locally winower machine you can reco?
There is no specific brand for local winnower that we have tried na cacao specific that we are confident to recommend. Most local winnower in the local market are used for multiple type of agricultural products. A lot try and just modify for cacao use.
When we find a locally made one and are confident in its efficiency we will make a video about it.
@@cacaoculturephmay update po ba regarding dito?
How much po yung winnowing machine yun localy made at available po b...tnx po
Hi Rizalino, we have not checked the pricing again recently so it has probably changed since we last checked. Maybe somewhere near 100k+ for the big one.
Good luck on your cacao journey!
@@cacaocultureph yun pong small muna kung meron po tnx po