Taza Factory Store, 561 Windsor Street, Somerville, MA
Because of Taza, I am proud to say I live in Somerville. Taza chocolate is my favorite and going on a tour of the factory was super fun. We just learned about chocolate this past week in class, so it was nice to see the machinery used for chocolate production in person. Taza is especially interesting because every step of chocolate making is done at the factory, starting from roasting the imported cocoa beans.
Raw cacao beans imported from La Red in the dominican republic.
A German roasting maching lightly roasts the cocoa beans.
Shells and nibs are separated in this Winnowing machine.
Cocoa nibs are stone ground, then organic sugar and flavoring (e.g. vanilla or coffee) are added.
Chocolate is tempered and molded into round disks.
All disks are hand wrapped. I was most impressed with this fact because that is a lot of chocolate disks to wrap.
In the shipping room, there are boxes and boxes of chocolate stacked high on the shelves. This room smells incredibly amazing. I wish I could live in here.
Sustainable processing is very important at Taza. Packaging is made from recycled materials, deliveries are made using Metro Pedal Power, and all ingredients are certified organic. Go Taza!
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