Chocolate Alchemy

We have a simple but lofty goal. To unearth the esoteric knowledge needed to make great, real, home made chocolate from scratch, and pass that information on to you in a straight forward and approachable way. Toward that goal we carry a variety of cocoa beans for you and us to experiment with. The process of making chocolate may seem daunting at first, but once you start breaking it down into its individual steps you find it is really not that bad. Each step is outlined in detail through the links to the right. We may not always have the lowest prices but we strive to have only quality products, unequaled prompt service, and a passion and love of chocolate that you can depend on day in and day out. We are here to help you in your Alchemical Chocolate trials. We want you to make chocolate and we want to be your source of information on just how to do it. We were told when we started down this path that it was just not possible to make chocolate at home. The equipment was too expensive or just did not exist, the techniques were too difficult and the average Joe Consumer would just not want to do it. Besides, there were no raw materials (cocoa beans) available. Well, we had heard all this before in the home brewing industry and the home coffee roasting market. I brew my own ales and roast my own coffee. Oh, and a final note about how it works here. There is a running log on the main page. New developments, experimental results and other pertinent information is posted there as it becomes available, usually once or twice a week, sometimes only once a month. In addition it is a rudimentary forum in that you can leave posts and comments, but we also have an actual Forum that we encourage you to visit. If you have a question about something you just read or something you want answered, just click on Please leave a comment and do so. Comments are checked every day or so and responded to as possible. Also, we dont know everything. Someone else reading just may have the answer. Aside from anything else, Chocolate Alchemy is about sharing knowledge.