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I'm trying to come up with a system that would just be efficient enough to separate the dust and the husk
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from the nibs, but it's just...
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Hey guys, Salut, this is Alex.
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Welcome back to the chocolate series.
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This is episode number 6.
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I literally just came back from the hardware store where I got myself some nice
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plumbery supplies, which I intend to use to build my own cocoa beans winnowing machine.
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I'm gonna try it anyway.
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So this would be my main design.
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The undefined things just go down there.
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They get separated by an upcoming stream of air which blows this way.
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I'm gonna drill a hole on this side.
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The light husks should then fly away right there, fall into a bowl right here,
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and then the heavier bits of nibs should fall straight down this one into a separate bowl.
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And that's when things go according to plans.
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Studio update:
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So, in the studio there used to be clothing everywhere,
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sweatshirt, t-shirt, coats, bags, you name them.
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Now with this, it's under control. Have a look.
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Coats, bags, things.
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And there even more clothing, also kitchen towels, t-shirts, sweatshirts, stripes,
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things, aprons, tablecloths, and special occasions.
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That's the end of the studio update.
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beep, beep, beep, mmm, sissh, whirr, clink clink clink.
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So at the moment my vacuum is sucking, but if you do this, and you reverse it, now...
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OK, test number one.
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So basically it's not working at the moment. Let me show you.
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This is supposed to be the bowl with nothing but nibs.
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It's not that bad to be honest.
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I thought it would be worse.
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Now, this is the bowl where there should be only husk.
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As you can probably tell there are nibs - and very few nibs - inside this one.
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All the husk is on the floor, basically.
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The vacuum cleaner is way too powerful for this, so I need to come up with an idea to reduce
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the airflow to like a gentle breeze. That's what I need exactly.
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Reducing the air flow. What if...
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we could lower the pressure by covering or uncovering holes.
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Back to it.
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Right, so long story short. I gave it a thorough think, and basically solved most of my problem.
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This is what I came up with.
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The machine version 2 - Let me run you through the way it works.
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Here we got the vacuum cleaner/power unit, which transmits the air flow to this tube.
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Now, I've got a few air vents right there that I can open and close to reduce or to increase the air flow.
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On top of the contraption I've got this, which is to prevent the reflux of husks this way.
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Instead of having bowls that basically just retains nothing, I'm using bags.
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But let me say what happens when I turn it on.
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Air comes in, the over-power just comes out,
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mixed nibs and husks going down this way.
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Gravity will then be pushing down the nibs and the rest, AKA the husks,
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will just go this way and get stuck in this one. That's the plan at least.
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Wish me Luck.
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3, 2, 1...
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It's very exciting.
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I reckon we need to have a quick check before, obviously,
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passing the whole bag through this contraption and committing the unfixable.
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Come closer. It's a very important moment.
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So, in this bag, there should be mainly husk,
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where in this bag there should be mainly nibs. This one is heavy for sure.
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This one is a bit heavy, too. So I'm worried about this.
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That's what I got at the end. This is the husk bowl.
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it's basically very husky.
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And this is the nib bowl and, as you can tell it's very nibby.
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I think there are times in life when you need to be modest.
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This is not one of them.
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To me, it's working brilliantly. So I'm gonna go through the whole bag now.
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Yes!
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It's working so well, ahh
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I wouldn't call it perfect but I would say it's probably 80-85 percent there at the moment.
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If I wanted to improve it further
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I would definitely look into having a variable speed when it comes to the vacuum cleaner.
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I think that would allow for a bit of tuning of
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catching the tiny bits of nibs versus the big flakes of husk.
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it's just a chocolate-y thing, whatever.
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I guess in this episode we learned how to roast and how to separate the husk from the nibs.
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The next step would be to learn how to ferment beans.
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I got no idea on how to do this. I don't even know where I could be finding cocoa pods.
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Because I think I need pods to start, but that's the whole beauty of this channel. You learn as I do.
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If you like this video, then please give it a big thumbs up, like it, and shout out everywhere.
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Spread it like cocoa butter.
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Also, don't forget to subscribe to this channel just not to miss the next episode.
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Always about the food, always about the food,
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but about thinking outside the box. That's my thing.
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Okay. Bye bye.
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Salut.
