— We'd each grind 1/4 kilo of cacao beans on our metates, drawing out the natural cocoa butter until the beans turned into a thick, glossy liquid. In keeping with the way the nuns used to make chocolate in Mexican convents, we'd each receive a portable flame to place under our grinding stone.

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 — This kitchen tool comes with two parts: the molcajete (molcaxitl in Nahuatl) which is the bowl piece, similar to a mortar and the tejolote (texōlōtl in Nahuatl) which is the grinding stone, similar to a pestle.

 — The Native populations—especially in Mexico—had begun to manufacture metates by chiseling them out of rocks to make specific shapes that afforded the grinder a more "ergonomic tool," which helped ease the hard task of grinding.

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 — The metate types are named for the shapes of their grinding surfaces, no matter whether they were made on slabs, blocks, boulders, or stones manufactured to a specific shape. Mano types correspond to the metate types in which they were used.

A molcajete is, much like a mortar, a type of grinding stone that is used with a pestle called a tejolote. Molcajetes are bowl-shaped and are often made from volcanic stone. They're used for grinding chilies, garlic, tomatoes, and other ingredients that are commonly used in Mexican cuisine.

Feldspar material's grinding process: The common feldspar grinding mill is vertical roller mill. Vertical mill is an advanced grinding machine, which integrated with drying, milling, grading and transporting. It is the high standard mill which can meet the high capacity of powder producing request.

The Metate is a great historical tool to finely grind corn to make tortillas or atole. It can also be used to grind seeds, dry chiles, and spices. The Metate comes with the grinder that measures 8.5in in lenght.

 — Metate, a historical instrument for tortillas in Mexico. The name metate comes from the Nahuatl word metetl, which means "grinding stone". It consists of a stone, almost always rectangular, which is used to grind corn and cocoa, among other vegetables that serve as food.