Sylph Winnower

Details 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.   The Sylph is quite simple to use, but does rely on the user's technique a little.   Roasted beans need to be cracked before you can use the Sylph.  I recommend the Champion Juicer, with the lower screen removed. The Sylph has a 1 1/4" fitting that accepts 1 1/4" a standard small vacuum hose.  It is not permanently attached should you decide you want