The ART of Single-Origin Chocolate

Like coffee beans and wine grapes, different cacao beans have different flavors. By using beans sourced from only one farm or region, we are able to highlight the distinct flavor characteristics of that particular bean. Discovering those flavors is one of the joys of making and eating single-origin craft chocolate.

SOURCING THE FINEST BEANS

To make excellent chocolate, we need to start with excellent beans. We have traveled throughout Latin America searching for the most flavorful beans and have built direct relationships with the farmers who grow and harvest them. By dealing directly with farmers, we are able to ensure that we always receive the very best beans, which in many cases are fermented and dried to our custom specifications. Our direct trade model also allows us to pay significantly more than commodity or Fair Trade prices while ensuring that farming practices are sustainable and labor practices are equitable.

HANDCRAFTED IN SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS

All of our chocolate is made at our 225-year-old farm in Sudbury, Massachusetts. We start with cacao beans and sugar and perform every step of the chocolate-making process in-house, including carefully hand-wrapping each bar. We are also one of the only chocolate makers to use our own freshly pressed, single-origin cocoa butter in our chocolate. Doing this is time-consuming and difficult, but the result is exceptionally smooth and intensely flavorful chocolate.

TRUE TO THE BEAN

We believe that great craft chocolate is “true to the bean,” meaning that the flavors apparent in the bar reflect the flavors hidden in the bean. We invite you to explore our website to learn more about the many steps involved in truly realizing the full flavor potential of single-origin cacao, from personal sourcing to painstaking roasting, pressing cocoa butter, conching, and more. What you discover will change the way you think about chocolate.