WRAL’s Tar Heel Traveler visits a bean-to-bar chocolate business in Raleigh ahead of Valentine’s Day.
THE DAIRY AT RALEIGH, CHAPEL HILL TOFFEE. >> MAYBE YOU GIVE IT AS A GIFT TO YOUR LOVED ONES. >>> THIS EVENING WE FIND OUR TRAVELER TARHEEL IN RALEIGH. WE VISIT A BEAN TO BARN HACK LIT COMPANY. >> CHOCOLATE. BEANS. >> WE MAKE CHOCOLATE FROM THE SEEDS. >> WHEN I FIRST TASTED THIS FOOD I LIKED. >> THIS CHOCOLATE. >> WE SUPPLY THEM FROM LATIN AMERICA. >> FROM VENEZUELA. DID YOU COME TO NORTH CAROLINA FROM THERE? >> YEAH. I GO HERE WHEN I WAS 17. >> SHE HAD WORKED IN RESTAURANTS BUT WANTED SOMETHING RICHER. >> BUSINESS I WAS FOOD RELATED BUT NOT A RESTAURANT. >> IT OPENED IN 2008. >> WRITE AN ARTICLE ABOUT A SMALL BUSINESS. >> SHE WRITTEN ON ESCAZU. >> I HAD TO APPLY FOR AN INTERNSHIP WHICH I DIDN’T GET. >> SHE LATER GOT THE JOB. CO-OWNER. >> LIKE THIS CHOCOLATE WAS JUST LIKE – ANOTHER LEVEL. WE HAVE A HOT CHOCOLATE REGULAR WHO SAID SHE HAS BEEN TO ALL THE BEST HOT CHOCOLATE PLACES AND EUROPE AND OURS IS BEST. BEAN QUALITY IS JUST VERY GOOD. >> YOU CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE. >> YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WE CAN PACK ALL OUR CHOCOLATE BARS. THEY ARE WRAPPED BY HAND. PEOPLE THINK WE JUST DO IT – YOU MAKE CHOCOLATE. IT’S A LOT OF HARD WORK. >> DUSTED WITH SATISFACTION. >> WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE THROUGHOUT THE OPENING PERIOD. >> SINCE 2008 YOU MUST FEEL PROUD OF YOURSELF. >> I AM PROUD. DEFINITELY A SPECIAL THING FOR MANY PEOPLE. IT’S A LABOR OF LOVE. >> I THINK OF DESSERT BEFORE DINNER. IT IS ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN RALEIGH. IN ADDITION TO ITS WIDE
