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Awards updates
It's been a busy summer as we prepare for the final competitions of 2013 and begin to make plans for our third year, 2014. We have more countries...
@Martin Christy started 11 years ago - replies: 2
Custom moulds
I'm looking for a company that could make custom moulds for chocolates, both relief andthree dimensional.I'm sure there are some out there...
@Roberta Landgren started 13 years ago - replies: 7
chalky flavour
Hi thereI have been working with two beans and one of them has a funny texture to it that I can't seem to get rid of. It is an Ecuador based bean,...
@Tsouke started 11 years ago - replies: 0
Equipment used to make chocolate
Discussion moved from this page (which has the live links). Originally posted by: Annette Jimison .### REPOST ###For small batches of chocolate,...
@Clay Gordon started 16 years ago - replies: 13
Question on shelf life
Hi everyone! Hope all is well. I have a question on shelf life of ganache. Actually, a few. 1. Do you all use glucose syrup, invert sugar or some...
@Krista2 started 13 years ago - replies: 4
Emulsifiers in chocolate
These days it's not all that hard to find a bar of chocolate without some sort of emulsifier in it, the most common being lecithin .Emulsifiers'...
@Clay Gordon started 16 years ago - replies: 3
Tracking/managing inventory
How do you track your available inventory? Right now I'm putting all my data into Excel spreadsheets, but they keep getting more and more complex,...
@Kathryn James started 12 years ago - replies: 4
Monsieur Truffe
I used to go to Monsieur Truffe's store at Prahran Market here in Melbourne when he first started up and was selling various origin chocolate...
@Gap started 13 years ago - replies: 10
frozen cacao beans
Has anyone made chocolate from raw, frozen cacao beans. My situation is that I never have enough cacao pods on my 10 trees to make a decent batch...
@Robert Osgood started 14 years ago - replies: 5
A few startup chocolate production questions
I am starting aweb basedbusiness selling uniquely (original figure designs) moulded chocolate candyto a very specific niche market using single...
@Stan Phillips started 14 years ago - replies: 5