In the literal sense it is chocolate made from scratch from the raw cacao bean and made by a chocolate maker. a bean to bar process gives full control in every step to customize the flavor profile and ensure quality. Most chocolate shops in the world, and likely every chocolate shop you’ve ever been to (included the top chocolatieries from New York to Paris) are not bean to bar chocolate makers. They are what we call chocolatiers or chocolate melters.

Chocolatiers take chocolate already made and transform it into bonbons, figurines, bars and other confections. They don’t actually make the chocolate from the bean. They don’t make the chocolate at all. They make chocolate confections, not the actual ingredient: chocolate.