Extracting the theobromine from cocoa powder

2017-03-15

[public] 579K views, 18.8K likes, 148 dislikes audio only

Theobromine is an interesting molecule and is very similar to caffeine. It appears in a high concentration in cocoa (a small amount of caffeine is also in cocoa).

In this video, I am extracting theobromine from cocoa. In the future, I might prepare cocoa powder from raw cocoa pods.

Link to procedure: https://goo.gl/o7uvc3

Other reference (Chemplayer): https://youtu.be/Q5NmjKMqC74

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