Timothy McSweeney’s Sweeth Tooth is Insatiable

Timothy McSweeney’s Sweeth Tooth is Insatiable

It seems like just the other day that we were telling you about our collaboration with 826 Valencia, a non-profit writing center founded in San Francisco that offers, among other things, free tutoring and writing workshops to students ages 6-18. Now we’re...
Maya Monster

Maya Monster

We’ve had a few nice mentions in the press recently which generated a bunch of orders. Fortunately, Maya, our fulfillment lead, is a monster at packing up orders: We’re still a bit backlogged but with Maya on our side, that shouldn’t last...
Chocolate, and cheese, and wine! Oh, my!

Chocolate, and cheese, and wine! Oh, my!

I hope you’re all thinking about turkey and pumpkin pie as this week winds down. But, when the festivities end, we have another reason to celebrate! We’ll be next door with our neighbors at Mission Cheese on the night of November 26th, pairing chocolate,...
Pirates, Poems, Sea Salt & Chocolate

Pirates, Poems, Sea Salt & Chocolate

Back in June, Alice and I led a workshop called “Chock-full O’ Chocolate” at our friendly neighborhood pirate supply store, also known as 826 Valencia. Founded ten years ago in San Francisco, 826 Valencia offers a variety of free programs for primary and secondary...
First Day Open!

First Day Open!

We opened the factory and retail part of our Valencia St location for the first time today! While we had few hiccups, overall, things when great. Everyone we met was wonderful and we had a great time talking to people about chocolate and showing them our space....