PROJECTS / Emerald Estate Chocolate

Overview

Nick Troubetzkoy's Emerald Estate is a 30 acre Organic farm on a volcanic hillside property in St Lucia. With over 400 Cacao trees producing close to 1200 pounds of Cocoa beans annually, it was time to take this farm to the next level. Upon persistence we convinced Mr. Troubetzkoy to let me make chocolate with his cocoa beans.  Ownership asked to use minimal mechanization to create a chocolate of distinction. 

Challenge

TO create a world class organic, single estate chocolate. TO use the historical resources of cocoa production in St Lucia as a natural bridge for public relations, marketing, and revenue for Jade Mountain and Anse Chastanet Resorts. TO create a boutique hand made Organic Chocolate brand to be recognized world wide.

Solution

To begin the research to understand how to make chocolate. Set up a small but effective chocolate lab were we have been roasting, cracking, grinding, conching, tempering, testing and tasting and evaluating the methods and techniques of chocolate alchemy.

Our Chocolate is hand crafted with organically grown cocoa beans from Nick Troubetzkoy’s Emerald Estate on St Lucia in the West Indies. Three generations of care and local technique have taught us to select exceptional quality cacao beans that are hand picked at their peak maturity and ripeness.

We are a Bean to Bar single estate boutique chocolate maker. James Beard award winning Chef Allen Susser has pioneered this signature intense, aromatic flavor and deep chocolate taste. Our secret is authentically hand crafting small batches of cacao beans, slow roasted and stone ground. Emerald Estate Chocolate is to savor, but then let the exotic essence carry you to the Caribbean.