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Cacao Nibs
Nantucket Faraway Chocolate

Handcrafted on Nantucket

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Welcome to the "faraway" island of Nantucket and to the world of handcrafted chocolate.  From carefully sourced beans, we make chocolate from scratch, inviting you to explore with us the cacao origins through every bite. Discover unique flavors from different regions and join us to experience our passion for chocolate, from bean-to-bar.

 

Life is short, enjoy your journey...

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Proudly sourcing ingredients from small farms and co-ops around the world. 

With a commitment to the farmer, fine chocolate makers use ethical practices to source the highest quality flavor beans and cocoa, often from single countries of origin and individual growers.

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Connect, with Chocolate...

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Bean to Bar Process
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How Chocolate is Made

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STEP 1:

Harvesting

Cocoa grows within 20 degrees north or south of the equator. Cocoa trees require high humidity, fertile soils, with abundant rainfall and warm temperatures.

Cacao Beans Fermenting

STEP 2:

Fermenting

Through a meticulous process, the beans are carefully fermented and dried for over a week in order to bring out the unique flavors and aromas of the beans. This process is essential to producing high-quality chocolate with a richness of flavor unique to each origin. 

STEP 3:

Cacao Beans Drying

Drying

Proper drying of the beans, commonly in the sun, ensures the correct fermentation process is not compromised on the beans’ long trip to the chocolate maker.

STEP 4:

Roasting Cacao Beans

Roasting

Before roasting beans are inspected and sorted.  Roasting time and temperature depend on the profile of the raw bean.  Generally beans are roasted in temps of 250°F up to 350°F for 30-90 minutes. 

STEP 5:

Winnowing the Roasted Cacao Beans

Winnowing

Roasted beans are cooled, cracked and winnowed in order to separate the husk from the nib.  

Grinding Cacao Beans

STEP 7:

Tempering Chocolate

Tempering

Through a series of heating and cooling the chocolate is prepared for its final step where it will have a distinct shine and snap.

Finished Chocolate Bars

STEP 6:

Grinding

Depending on the flavor profile, the nibs are ground to a fine paste using a stone melanger.  In this step we add our organic sugar and cacao butter and grind to a fine consistency.

STEP 8:

Moulding

The tempered chocolate is poured into moulds and cooled before being wrapped and labeled.  And then the fun of enjoying the taste begins!

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