Faraway Chocolate From Bean to Bar on Nantucket

Photo by Susan Fernald
A magnificent view from the shop.
Photo by Susan Fernald
Pouring chocolate with bits of quinoa crunch into a mold for the bars.
Photo by Susan Fernald
Andre Marrero – a man and his beans
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Erica Marrero wraps the foil-covered chocolate bars in handmade papers
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The Crankandstein Cocoa Mill invented by John Nanci of Chocolate Alchemy for small-batch, bean-to-bar chocolate makers
Freeze-dried raspberries are sprinkled atop a chocolate bar.
Photo by Susan Fernald
The Marreros in their Old South Wharf shop. Note the cacao bean stages sculpture to the left of Andre.