Sylph Winnower

Overview The Sylph winnower is the product of eight years observation, four years prototype work, thousands of pounds of cracked and winnowed test beans, and not a small amount of alchemical inspiration. It is powder coated aluminum (the frame) and food grade PVC (the air flow/bean/nib path). It is a hand fed winnower that requires a cracker (a Champion Juicer is recommend and not supplied) and the use of a Shop Vac of some ilk. It was designed around a Shop-Vac brand wet/dry but others (with a 1.25" vacuum hose) may well work as the Sylph has a vacuum flow controller built in. It will winnow about 1 lb/min of ROASTED** cocoa beans. Specifications Size:  18" x 18" x 20" Weight:  17 lb empty Efficiency*: Roasted beans: 75-82% Raw beans: 72-80%*82% is considered perfect, i.e. husk is about 18% the weight of average roasted beans Throughput: Without Deluxe cracker, i.e. standard Champion cutter head to crack and hand feed Raw or Roasted Beans: 50-60 lb/hour Raw Beans: 50-6