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Been looking around at secondary additions to a chocolate stout and IM hearing about chocolate nibs and have no idea what they are....?????
What are chocolate nibs?
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Where in gods name do you get cocoa beans?
Edcculus
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What you need to know about chocolate for brewing
If you don't want to read the entire post, nibs are the fermented, roasted and dehusked seeds from the Cacao tree. Nibs have a much higher fat content than say coffee. Therefore, when ground, it makes a thick paste called "cocoa liquor" (cocoa solids+cocoa butter). Chocolate is made by adding sugar, more cocoa butter and milk solids for milk chocolate.
If you don't want to read the entire post, nibs are the fermented, roasted and dehusked seeds from the Cacao tree. Nibs have a much higher fat content than say coffee. Therefore, when ground, it makes a thick paste called "cocoa liquor" (cocoa solids+cocoa butter). Chocolate is made by adding sugar, more cocoa butter and milk solids for milk chocolate.
hopvine
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Cocoa nibs are available at most health food stores
MurderMittenBrewing
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My LHBS sells them... although so does Whole Foods.
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