| Founded: | 1868 |
| Headquarters: | Burlingame, CA |
| Style: | Classic |
| Characteristics: | low butter / high vanilla-driven profiles whose sweet-spot is in the Semi-Dark range |
| Ferment: | medium |
| Roast: | medium |
| Conche: | low |
| Impact: | The Chocolate good-guys, & the home team, made with pride in the land flowing of wine & money – California – across the SF Bay from Napa grapes & up the 101 Freeway from Silicon Valley. Industrial-sized with an internal line producing artisan-level chocolate. 4th generation family-affair – that haven in a heartless world – headed by Gary Guittard, the great-grandson of company founder Étienne. Better than Fair-Trade, Guittard often sources cacáo directly from estate owners / growers. |
