05/30/2022
How many Oregon producers have you tried?
Ever wonder which US state is Chocolate Maker Central?
hint: it’s not California.
Lil’ Oregon’s craft chocolate specs are something to behold:
We are home to the OG of craft chocolate, (they started in CA, sold, then re-sold and moved to OR).
We’re home to one of craft’s longtime bros Woodblock Chocolate] and one of craft’s top award-winning makers as well as arguably one of craft’s esthetic powerhouses cloudforest]
Portland isn’t just home to Cloudforest and Woodblock but
Over in Bend there’s .chocolate and
Mid-state we have and down south there’s (and at one time, )
For cacao buying we’re home to and for equipment
And of course, was founded here.
Oregon is also home base for the Next Batch School, which just wrapped up the most amazing 5 weeks of the Bean to Bar Craft Course yet. Questions, livestreams that went way over time 😆 makers from around the world.
There are amazing creative beautiful and much needed (long overdue!) things happening in craft chocolate, and I’m here to tell you, it doesn’t matter where you live, or how small your start, or how big your goals + dreams.
Eugene, Oregon where I’m typing this is also home to the best phrase ever for starting a chocolate journey:
Just Do It
(Yep, was started here too)
photo creds: Woodblock Chocolate] cloudforest]