![]() ![]() Even our Uber driver asked us if we were sure this was the right location. When we arrived at the factory at 10:45am, I must admit I was a bit awry. This 20-minute car ride across the Charles River from Boston gave us a unique opportunity to see artisanal chocolate being made. I allocated 3 hours for this excursion and figured if we got to the Taza Factory in Sommerville early, we could be back in Boston after lunchtime and do some more sightseeing. We booked it and headed to Taza Chocolate in Sommerville the next morning. I took the flier with me and we walked back to our hotel.īack at the hotel while we were planning the next day’s activities I asked the girls if they were interested in touring the Taza Chocolate Factory, and the answer was a resounding Yes! Since we had just walked over 7 miles all day touring the Freedom Trail and the histroic sites in the Boston area, we tabled the idea of going to see the USS Constitution Museum the next day and decided to check out the Taza Chocolate Factory instead! Anjali looked up Taza’s web site and found a 12 noon factory tour that was available the following day. She said it was a short 20-minute drive and the factory tour was a lot of fun but we had to make reservations, and she asked us to go to their web site to see if there were any tours available. I asked the cashier how far the factory was from Boston. While I was paying the cashier I noticed a flier promoting Taza’s Chocolate Factory Tour. I bought some chocolate to bring back home and also for my friend Jo with whom we were going to spend a few days in Cape Cod. Here we came upon Taza Stone Ground Chocolate, a local artisanal chocolate company. While sightseeing in the historic district of Boston we came upon the Boston Public Market, an artisanal market with local food vendors selling everything from cheese to bread, flowers to jams and jellies, and guess what else? Chocolate! Now if you are wondering how in the world we ended up doing a chocolate tour in the Boston area? It was a rather unexpected and impulsive choice but so worth it. Not to mention all of their products are delicious! The 70% dark chocolate is my absolute favorite.Love dark chocolate? Ever wonder how that delicious dark chocolate went from bean to bar for our enjoyment? When we visited Boston, Massachusetts back in July, one of the excursions we made outside of the Boston area was to the Taza Chocolate Factory in Sommerville, Massachusetts.įor those of you who read my story on my visit to Hershey’s Chocolate World in Hershey, Pennsylvania you will find this one to be very different. This is about a small artisanal chocolate company in Sommerville, Massachusetts called Taza Stone Ground Chocolate where we toured their factory and saw the entire chocolate making process from cocoa bean to packaged chocolate bar. I am totally committed to them as a customer and neighbor. The whole experience at Taza left me with such a good feeling about what they do. ![]() Batches are small ensuring the highest quality. The staff is extremely knowledgeable and highly detailed in their descriptions of the chocolate making process. The equipment is very cool – mostly vintage, from Mexico, or items they purchased, deconstructed for shipping, and had to put back together in the factory. It’s one of very few that will actually let you on the production floor in the entire U.S. They are all about sustainability and being green. Taza Chocolate is an amazing local business, sourcing their cocoa beans from the Dominican Republic, pouring love and organic fair trade ingredients into all of their products. This Tuesday Yelp had an Elite event at the Taza Chocolate factory in Somerville. John and I are both Elite members on Yelp which means we get invited to Elite only events, receive special deals, and get to do all kinds of awesome stuff around the city for free (incentives baby!). ![]()
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