Forum Activity for @Sabrina M

Santha Vs Cocoatown

Posted in: Opinion

Hi there,

I'm looking to purchase either the Santha Spectra 65 or the Cocoatown ECGC 65 and wanted to see if anyone has experience using both these units and how they compare to each other?

I've been using smaller Spectra models, and I've had issues with the belt breaking. But my understanding is that the 65 runs uses a gear drive, so I should have have these issues?

Any insights would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Sabrina

updated by @Sabrina M: 04/10/15 08:01:54

Help - streaks in my chocolate

Posted in: Tech Help, Tips, Tricks, & Techniques

Hi there,

I've recently started making chocolate from bean and I'm struggling to get the tempering right. I am getting steaks in my chocolate and I'm not sure if it's because I am not cooling it enough or reheating it too much. Or some other reason.

I'm currently heating my milk chocolate to 46C, cooling it to 28C, (using a cool water bath, not seed chocolate) and then reheating to 30C. I've tried to cool it lower that 28C, but then it start to get too solid, and can't be molded properly, unless I heat it way over 30C.

Also, I do not get steaks in my whole batch. About 30% of the molded bars will streak, but the rest are fine. And the ones with streaks come from my early, mid and late molds, so it's not a factor of time.

Any ideas on how to resolve this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

updated by @Sabrina M: 04/12/15 03:48:46