Making chocolate from the bean to the bar

How did we go from building furniture and wood boats to making chocolate? For as long as we can remember, we have been making things by hand. The time and care required in fitting a mortice or shaping a plank is not unlike the process of hand crafting chocolate from the bean. We have never shied away from a challenge in order to produce a beautiful finished product. It is just part of who we are. The most hands-on approach we could take was to start with the raw cacao. We are able to sour...

How did we go from building furniture and wood boats to making chocolate? For as long as we can remember, we have been making things by hand. The time and care required in fitting a mortice or shaping a plank is not unlike the process of hand crafting chocolate from the bean. We have never shied away from a challenge in order to produce a beautiful finished product. It is just part of who we are. The most hands-on approach we could take was to start with the raw cacao. We are able to source the finest fair-trade cacao and then roast, winnow, stone grind, age, mold and temper it all in our small factory in Arcata, California. This entire process takes over a month to complete, but allows us to make some of the finest chocolate possible. We only use organic cacao and organic cane sugar