| Forum Name | Topics | Posts | Last Post |
| General |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | News and Updates What's new, what's happening, what's going right or wrong. Keep up to date here. Moderator: Alchemist | 5 | 29 | on Mar 13, 2007, 1:42pm by Alchemist in Face lift |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Suggestions or Problems Do you have a suggestion that would make the forum or Chocolate Alchemy better, or see a problem that I might not know about - Let me know.
| 25 | 113 | on Aug 21, 2009, 10:36am by Chocorock in Chocolate Making contest |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Chocolate Lounge You can talk about anything here. It doesn't even have to be chocolate related. Just a general place to unwind if you need. Moderator: Alchemist | 91 | 436 | on Oct 23, 2009, 9:24pm by Sebastian in theobromine |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Small Scale Chocolate Business Larger than 10 lbs but less than 10000 lbs. Pass on and discuss some of the ins and outs of starting and running a small chocolate business.
| 28 | 141 | Today at 2:57pm by donut in Do I have to use Cocoa... |
| Chocolate Making |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | General Chocolate Making at Home This is a good place to discuss general Chocolate making questions that don't quite fit anywhere else.
| 122 | 688 | on Sept 11, 2009, 7:00am by bob1520 in The Curse of White Cho... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Cocoa Beans Let's talk about cocoa beans. Which are best, how do you choose what you want, or anything else.
| 48 | 325 | on Nov 1, 2009, 2:16am by dhschreiber in Sour Papua New Guinea ... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Roasting How to roast cocoa beans - whole, nibs. long, short, oven, custom made roaster - all here.
| 36 | 228 | on Oct 22, 2009, 5:27pm by itsallaroundyou in Water Loss during roas... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Cracking and Winnowing Any and everything about cracking and winnowing. Technique, inventions, etc.
| 6 | 45 | on Oct 19, 2009, 2:55pm by itsallaroundyou in most efficient winnowe... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Refining and Conching Refining and Conching really are different things. Let's hash it out here.
| 17 | 165 | on Oct 4, 2009, 9:21am by Alchemist in Help! Santha Operation... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Finishing Techniques Tempering, molding, filling. All really great things to pass on and talk about.
| 52 | 355 | Today at 7:07pm by itsallaroundyou in troubleshooting temper... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Failures You tried something that didn't work - pass on the knowledge and keep a fellow chocolate maker from making the same mistake.
| 15 | 92 | on Mar 20, 2009, 5:02am by trap in melting chocolate leak... |
| Chocolate Making Equipment |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Champion Juicer - 1 Viewing The Champion Juicer is used to grind cocoa beans into cocoa liqueur. Do you have questions, concerns or techniques to pass on?
| 12 | 48 | on Jul 16, 2009, 12:30pm by Arrow in How do folks like to c... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Santha Wet Grinder Do you have questions about refining your chocolate in the Santha Wet Grinder. Talk about it here.
| 49 | 279 | on Nov 6, 2009, 8:22am by Alchemist in Santha 10 Switch broke... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Chocolate Making Equipment Need advice about equipment or want to share your latest discovery? This is the place.
| 42 | 230 | Today at 12:03pm by brad in Olde Tyme Peanut Grinder |
| Alchemical Creations |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Chocolate Formulations - 1 Viewing Share and talk about your good and bad chocolate formulations, get ideas, and work out that special blend
| 48 | 293 | on Sept 28, 2009, 6:08pm by cheebs in 60% criollo formulations |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Chocolate Recipes Share or talk about your favorite chocolate containing recipes. Cakes, tortes, moles - you name it.
| 30 | 100 | on Sept 6, 2009, 10:58am by patsyswine in Chocolate Snout? Beer... |
![[ ]](http://s4.images.proboards.com/off.gif) | Special Dietary formulations Goat milk chocolate, Soy "milk" chocolate, sugar free chocolate, super healthy alternative blends. Work them out here.
| 12 | 98 | on Oct 20, 2009, 8:29pm by mike in Granulated honey and o... |