Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory Tour

To celebrate Mike and Sheila's return to the Bay Area from South Africa, we went on a tour of the Scharffen Berger Chocolate Factory:

I can't remember the name of the machine pictured, but it uses granite rollers on two axes, to grind the cacau (a.k.a. cocoa) bits into a fine goo. It was one of the many machines that we saw on the tour, which was super-awesome by the way. I went there not planning on buying any chocolate, and of course, I ended up buying three bars.

I dig the fact that the break out the cacau content of their chocolate, and that they make a really dark chocolate (82%). Apparently, I am somewhat in the minority for liking dark chocolate, but hey, I knows what I likes.

All of the pictures that I took are up. This tour is definitely recommended if you are up in the Berkeley, CA area.

-Andy.