Spectra has decided to officially start calling the 2 L Santha Wet grinder (it actually holds about 6 liters or for our purposes, about 9 lbs of chocolate) the “Alchemist’s Stone” Chocolate Melanger. (I am quite honored). It is used to refine...

Spectra has decided to officially start calling the 2 L Spectra Wet grinder (it actually holds about 6 liters) the “Alchemist’s Stone” Chocolate Melanger. (I am quite honored). It is used to refine your Chocolate. Once your cocoa beans have been passed...

After 4 years, there is now another option for refining your chocolate. Well, not so much another option, as it is still a Melanger, but another company has noticed us home chocolate makers (and Santha) and decided to modify (motor ventilation) and...

Inno Ultra dba CocoaTown has modified their Commercial wet grinder to use as a Chocolate Melanger / chocolate grinder. They are calling it a “Grindeur” – a pseudo contraction of Grinder and Melangeur (Melanger). The Grindeurs are designed to grind cocoa nibs...

The Spectra 20 will hold and refine approximately 20 lbs of chocolate. The unit has two black granite “stone” rollers that rotates at over 100 rpm on a granite slab. This creates tremendous shear and reduces the particles of sugar and cocoa...

The Spectra 40 holds and can refine approximately 40 lbs of chocolate. The unit has two black granite “stone” rollers that rotates at over 100 rpm on a granite slab. This creates tremendous shear and reduces the particles of sugar and cocoa...

Every so often something wears out, breaks or you just want a back up. Following are the basic parts you may need for your Melanger (Spectra 10 only). If you have a Phillips screw driver and a small crescent wrench you can...

3-28-10 I am now most of the way through the closed waiting list for refurbished units. I hope to have them generally available in another few weeks. * We are now including a your choice of a couple of free items to...

We were having a difficult time finding a piece of equipment to crush cocoa beans so we had one manufacctured for us. This is a cold rolled steel, three roller cocoa mill. The first two rollers lightly crack the cocoa, then the...

We are now distributing the Champion Juicer. We simply can not recommend it enough for grinding your Cocoa beans into Cocoa Liqueur. I have found nothing else on the market works as well. A number of other juicers will start to liquefy...

We just received this low cost Digital Thermometer with a thermocouple wire probe, a simple and effective way to monitor temperatures in a roaster … especially when snaking a flexible wire into the roast chamber is easier than drilling holes for a...

I have been using an Escali scale for the last  year and really like its ease of use. It’s problem was that it had a maximum load of 13 lbs. Well, Escali came out with this one. It has all the features...