Reddit mentions of Champion Juicer – Commercial Heavy Duty Juicer – Black – G5- PG710

Amateur Chocolatier here to answer some questions for others:

If you are interested in making chocolate this way, here is the juicer used mostly by individuals who make chocolate at home:
Champion Juicer


A commonly accepted method of removing the husk of the cocoa nib (this is called winnowing) is to use a hairdryer. You can read more about it here: Cocoa Bean Cracking Methods

There is a really serious subset of people who make chocolate at home, and if any of you have a few dollars to spare, you can do this with only a very minor investment. You can use a mortar and pestle or coffee grinder to extract the oils from the cocoa bean, also. They are very arduous tasks, but it works in a pinch.

I always run to completion, but I tend to under honey the brew during primary, and then refeed the mixture with more honey during secondary.

I typically do 2 pounds per gallon of honey and 3 pounds of fruit per gallon for a melomel in primary (seems to give you something that finishes around 6-10% depending on fruit) then rack it off into secondary, adding 6 more pounds of honey, plus 3 pounds per gallon for the "top off" amount.

I use 6.5 gallon conicals for my brews, so during primary I fill to 6 gallons with 12 pounds of honey and 18 pounds of fruit that I have run through my juicer to make sure it is small enough to be drained out the bottom valve. I step feed the brew every other day for a week, and then once a week for the first month. Then I rack to secondary.

For secondary, after draining the yeast cake & settled fruit (right into my garbage disposal,) I add another 6 pounds of honey and 18 pounds of fruit. I then top it off to 6.5 gallons with a 3 lb/gallon of honey water. I also step feed the secondary every other day for a week, and then once a week for the month in secondary.

I let the mead age on the yeast/fruit leavings for another 45-60 days, then drain just enough out of the conical to have the yeast cake/fruit to not cover the side drain (not very much normally). I crush a campden tablet and toss it in, then give it another day or two to settle on the counter instead of the floor. Then I "rack" it through my Buon Vino into a bottling bucket. As soon as it finishes filtering, I bottle it normally.


With this method, I get very pronounced fruit flavor, and it normally finishes around 12-15% and semi sweet depending on the yeast. I never get any floaties due to the filtering.

If I was going for a milder ABV, I would decrease the amount of honey in primary, but I find I get substantially less burn when I do primary and secondary fermentation compared to a single fermentation that runs until the alcohol kills the yeast.

According to chocolatealchemy.com this juicer will make chocolate liquor. Keep in mind it’s unrefined.

To answer your question, I don’t think it would make it easier to remove the seeds, but you could try using a nut milk bag with this method. It could work.

Couple of comments on a juicer:

I own a Breville I think it is a good juicer but cleanup creates such a chore I think it discourages my use of it.

I have investigated and believe the Champion Juicer is a better all around fit as it requires very little in the way of constant maintenance and its cost is in line.

Here is the link - http://www.amazon.com/Heavy-Duty-Commercial-Juicer-Color-Black/dp/B000E4C53M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373289445&sr=8-1&keywords=champion+juicer

I have met the owner of they company at a ExpoWest and they seem to have a passion for the Champion product.

I also like the pulp - so in general I use my Blendtec constantly and keep the fiber - I know many would say this is not juicing and perhaps they are correct.

Most people here have been advocating a centrifugal juicer, but in my honest opinion, getting a cold press juicer would be better in the long run. Not only do they extract more juice, but they also produce less foamy and higher quality juice as well.

Maybe something like a Omega Masticating Juicer or a Champion Juicer.

25th year vegan , got my first juicer 20 years ago when i became a believer in the outlooks of the late raw foodist norman walker whom was one of the people that taught the late great jay 'juiceman' kordich . and ive come to see juicing the same way your putting it as in a vitamin pill , its also a medicinal tool . i particularly like juicing hard fruit n vegi along with medicinal type roots and leafys such as tumeric , parsley and ginger . reason i say hard fruit n vegi is because unless i use a slow turning juicer the soft stuff like tomatoes becomes foamy and untasty , but the slow turning juicers take too long for me to play around with on a regular basis . juicer number one with the 20% off coupon is 250 and its a gret juicer . 2 is even heavier duty and will last for decades . ide get thse two cheap books if you , ive read 100s books since going vegan and walkers my favorite outlook , notice reveiws at amazon . and notice reveiws at bbb for the breville elite .

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1. https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/breville-reg-the-juice-fountain-reg-elite/3246328?keyword=breville-juicer
   
   
2. https://www.amazon.com/Champion-Juicer-Commercial-Heavy-Black/dp/B000E4C53M
   
   
3. https://www.amazon.com/Fresh-Vegetable-Fruit-Juices-Walker/dp/089019033X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LHLSF4OW0MYY&keywords=norman+walker+raw+fruit+and+vegetable+juices&qid=1574715851&sprefix=norman+walk%2Caps%2C143&sr=8-1
   
   
4. https://www.amazon.com/Vegetarian-Guide-Diet-Salad/dp/0890190348/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/140-5337366-7873468?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0890190348&pd_rd_r=9856b438-7ab8-4647-9f83-3b400468148f&pd_rd_w=CS5zZ&pd_rd_wg=IYecG&pf_rd_p=5873ae95-9063-4a23-9b7e-eafa738c2269&pf_rd_r=J221J33J5B4SP0J7QR54&psc=1&refRID=J221J33J5B4SP0J7QR54

Haven't tried yet, but I want to! Sounds like fun. We've got a Champion Juicer at home (which also makes great "ice cream" out of frozen fruit and bananas), so we're looking forward to freezing ice cube trays of teas and other fun beverages to make sorbet-like-things.

Someone on steepster iced and slushed some of Verdant's Laoshan Black tea awhile back. Sounds like they liked it.

I'll probably try a green Tieguanyin for something refreshing. Anything on the flavored-side would also be good (ala Kool Aid).

Yeah, that's why I often make it myself with the Champion juicer...comes out amazing! They're pricey (usually around $300), but they're one of those few /r/BuyItForLife appliances that will literally last for decades (unfortunately, I have no faith that my 6qt KitchenAid Pro stand mixer will last beyond even a decade, it is NOT built like they used to build them!). This is the model I have:

https://www.amazon.com/Champion-Juicer-Commercial-Heavy-Black/dp/B000E4C53M

As an odd but welcome bonus, if you run frozen bananas through it, it creates banana soft-serve ice cream! I'm not talking about that fake vegan-style ice cream that you make from frozen bananas in a blender or food processor, I'm talking about legit soft-serve: (it's actually called banana "whip")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7quoGMsP7Y

Frozen bananas go in, soft-serve comes out, you can't explain that! ;)