I'm not sure what you consider to be "advanced", but you can get surprisingly really far with just machines that can fit on your kitchen countertop and still pr

I'm not sure what you consider to be "advanced", but you can get surprisingly really far with just machines that can fit on your kitchen countertop and still produce some pretty high quality flavorful chocolate. In fact, the main equipment that you need to purchase is a tabletop melanger, which is required to refine the chocolate. (Nowadays, you can purchase melangers specced for refining chocolate for 24-72 hours, but perhaps 5-10 years ago, many people were abusing melangers (wet grinders) designed to make dosa batter in 30 minutes.) For the whole process, pretty much all you need is: 1. an oven to roast cocoa beans (though you probably want a tabletop coffee roaster for reliable results) 2. a rolling pin to break apart roasted beans into nibs and husk (this does get old pretty fast after 5 batches of chocolate, so people recommend moving onto another kitchen countertop device, the Champion Juicer) 3. a hair dryer to separate husk from nibs 4. a melanger, as mentioned above, to refine the nibs (with any desired additives like sugar and milk powder) for 24-72 hours 5. a couple of bowls and a good thermometer for tempering 6. (optional) plastic molds for shaping your chocolate. https://chocolatealchemy.com/how-to-make-chocolate-the-complete-text-guide https://chocolatealchemy.com/how-to-make-chocolate-the-compl... (Off-topic: is there a way to format a bulleted/numbered list to not require separate paragraphs?)