Packaging bonbons while Chocolatier Rachel looks on. Shaman’s helping customers while simultaneously winnowing Ghana cacao beans. I’ve spent most of … Read More

Our Spring box order just arrived from Nepal. The lokta paper is made in villages outside Kathmandu, then Sunil’s staff … Read More

We just finished grinding chocolate for SPANISH DARK drinking chocolate tablets, because folks keep asking. Dark, velvety, and not too … Read More

IT’S CROISSANT SATURDAY and the dough’s gorgeous and we’re ready to bake and they’re taking a lot longer than their … Read More

Shaman and I are performing a routine “cut test” on our newly-received cacao from Hacienda Victoria in Ecuador to evaluate … Read More

TUESDAY. Today was my first full day in Costa Rica and it’s been amazing. Everyone has been so nice and … Read More