conching machine
1Conche — For other uses, see Conche (disambiguation). Conche (in a museum) A conche is a surface scraping mixer and agitator that evenly distributes cocoa butter within chocolate, and may act as a polisher of the particles. [1] It also promotes flavor… …
2cocoa — cocoa1 /koh koh/, n. 1. a powder made from roasted, husked, and ground seeds of the cacao, Theobroma cacao, from which much of the fat has been removed. 2. cacao (def. 2). 3. a beverage made by mixing cocoa powder with hot milk or water. 4.… …
3Cocoa — /koh koh/, n. a city in E central Florida. 16,096. * * * ▪ food Introduction highly concentrated powder made from chocolate liquor a paste prepared from cocoa beans, the fruit of the cacao and used in beverages and as a flavouring… …
4Coenraad Johannes van Houten — (March 15, 1801, Amsterdam 1887, Weesp) was a Dutch chemist and chocolate maker known for the treatment of cocoa mass with alkaline salts to remove the bitter taste and make cocoa solids more water soluble; the resulting product is still called… …
5History of chocolate — Traités nouveaux curieux du café du thé et du chocolate , by Philippe Sylvestre Dufour, 1685. The history of chocolate begins in Mesoamerica. Chocolate, the fermented, roasted, and ground beans of the Theobroma cacao, can be traced to the Mokaya… …
