controllable by the user. basically, that is no way to roast. that is a way to heat beans. that is a way to bake beans. those are radically different things. and i have a pretty big problem that it doesn't allow any control (except when to stop the roast) at all. cocoa beans and how people roast are...
as i said at the beginning. this is quick and dirty. it's not meant to teach you how to make chocolate but to give you an overview. read on for the full story. top cocoa beans cocoa beans cocoa beans have numerous similarities to coffee beans, with some important differences in processes. they are both...
at a time. one difficulty i'm having is how much variation there is in my temperature readings. i stir the beans and use a digital thermometer, but they can range from ̊c to ̊c. i guess there's nothing that can be done about this. would using a bigger roaster (e.g. a converted chicken rotisserie) give...
waste many beans by putting only a cup full of beans in at a time. i realize that the roast wouldn't be representative of a full oven, but my goal was to try to find a good dwell temperature and time. once i found my dwell time and temp i would increase total roast time to account for the increased...
with increasing time on the tree. freshly harvested avocados tend to have "green" skins although 'hass' fruit that are harvested late in the season may have some skin darkening at harvest. the peel of ripe 'hass' and 'lamb hass' avocados should have a dark, purple-black or black skin while green-skinned...
remember what they are—or can figure them out from our hints. borborygmi hint: you're likely to become aware of this if you haven't eaten in a while. translation: stomach growling from the greek borborugmó, meaning gurgling or rumbling, the noises you hear—which actually originate in the intestines, not...