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Post by Ben on Dec 3, 2013 10:26:30 GMT -5
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Post by lilypa on Dec 3, 2013 14:46:25 GMT -5
I'd definitely like to know how it goes Ben, especially if a smaller Robot Coupe could save time pre-grinding for a minimal cost. Thanks for the discussion.
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Post by cheebs on Dec 7, 2013 9:41:44 GMT -5
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Post by Ben on Dec 9, 2013 9:20:47 GMT -5
Thanks Cheebs. The RC models that I'm looking at are in the <$2k range (I'll probably start with one that is $800 or so). Also, I'm very limited on space, so I need something that is table-top size.
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Post by cheebs on Dec 9, 2013 12:16:39 GMT -5
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Post by Ben on Dec 9, 2013 14:40:03 GMT -5
I may be mistaken, but my understanding is that you still need to pre-grind the nibs into liquor before running them through a roll refiner.
The Nixtamatic looks a lot like the Olde Tyme Peanut Butter grinder. Do you know how it compares? I used the OTPB for a while, but found that it took as long to pre-grind as just putting them straight into the melanger. It also had some other issues, but some of those may have been due to the fact that my OTPB was an older version. Also, the blades needed to be replaced. To be fair to the OTPB, I should probably replace the blades and see how that affects pre-grinding times... That being said, I've spoken with another maker who used the newer version of the OTPB and had a lot of the same issues.
That maker has is now using a large VCM. They said that they were able to pre-grind a full batch of nibs to liquor in 5 or 10 minutes. Since I'd be using a much smaller version, I'd expect it to take 30 minutes or so, but that's still a lot faster than either the OTPB or just adding the nibs straight to the melanger.
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