Chocolate conching (Lindt)
Conchado del chocolate (Lindt)
- Date
- 1879 · confidence high
- Place
- Bern, Switzerland
- Credited to
- Rodolphe Lindt
- Field
- Life & health
What it is
A machine with rollers that stirs and aerates molten chocolate for hours, removing acidity and bitterness and giving a silky texture. It turned chocolate into a melting, non-gritty product.
The name comes from the shell shape of the vessel. According to tradition the process was discovered by chance when the machine was left running over a weekend.
What it led to
- high-quality melting chocolate
- modern industrial chocolate refining
- Swiss chocolate houses