Marsatta Chocolate

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Tasting Notes: This tiny L.A. shop is making excellent bean-to-bar chocolate

Patricia Escárcega • Los Angeles Times • February 15, 2020

Marsatta Chocolate, a small corner shop in Torrance that feels like a cross between a working chocolate factory and a neighborhood café. The space is crammed with the odds and ends of a chocolate-making facility: dried cacao husks, bowls of aromatic beans

. Cacao husk and beans at Marsatta Chocolate in Torrance. (Patricia Escarcega / Los Angeles) Most high-end chocolatiers start with already-processed chocolate and then add flavorings. I can see why: Bean-to-bar production is expensive and time-consuming

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