CHOCOLATE STORY

Since its discovery Cocoa always had a liquid appearance even did not have added sweets to the Cocoa mixture and any derivative however continued to emerge changes on upward scales improving its taste and fame. In the case of the Indians they added to the liquid extracted from cocoa only spices and cornmeal.

When Cocoa reached the Spaniards their love of the new open drink was not much to like until they decided to add sugar gradually evolving over time being in 1520 when in Spain this drink became truly attractive reaching all over Europe and England in the seventeenth century beginning the manufacture of this delicious product made only by hand by that time.

Technological advances allowed chocolate to be produced at less cost and easier. Interestingly, Cocoa butter and powder began producing only in 1828 when the chemist Coenraad Van Houten of the Netherlands invented the procedure to extract the cocoa butter. In 1847 England first proposed Chocolate under solid form eliminating its bitter taste and in 1880 it was considered as the most delicious treat in the world.
 
In the Dominican Republic we have been through the years so loving to Chocolate and so much is our love that it has made us experts to the point of being recognized and awarded the award of the "Golden Grain" with the Chocolate bar called "Hispaniola" made of pure Dominican organic Cocoa recognized as the best in the world by the Chocolate Academy in London in 2014.
 
We are so proud to be recognized as the third country producing and exporting throughout Latin America taking tenth place around the world offering something we offer with so much love.

We know you love discovering new things and making you feel like Charlie at the Chocolate Factory and each of us playing the role of Willy Wonka on the most delicious tour ever.

Cheer up and move on! Our tour isn't over yet!