Cacao is the source of chocolate and chocolate runs in the blood of the chocolatier. At Dancing Lion Chocolate, we source cacao from small farms around the world–often directly from the farmers, and we make the chocolate for our products here in our shop. Because we source the best cacao we can find at any harvest, our origins change frequently. At any time our beans might come from Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Belize, Tanzania, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, and other regions.

We are a BEAN TO BONBON chocolate maker, which means we produce chocolate to our own specifications and for our own use. Stop into our shop for an opportunity to try a bit of whatever we’re working on at the moment.

If chocolate is our blood, FLAVOR is our soul. We fill our kitchen with house-made rare extracts and preserved fruits, and the most extraordinary of ingredients that we encounter in our journeys. We purchase many of our precious spices from friends Ethne and Philippe de Vienne at Epices de Cru in Montreal, and most of our rare and exotic teas from Alice Luong at Red Blossom Tea in San Francisco.