Oro Chocolate · San Juan del Sur
The chocolate is made here.
We roast, grind and make the chocolate in San Juan del Sur, with Nicaraguan cacao. Come see it on a Saturday and take a bar home.
From tree to bar
Watch how we make it.
From the Nicaraguan countryside to the bar, in six steps. The last four happen here, in San Juan del Sur.
In Nicaragua
The cacao
Grown by more than a thousand farming families across the country.
In Tipitapa
Ferment and dry
Ingemann ferments and dries the cacao. That's where the flavor begins.
In San Juan del Sur
Roast
We roast the beans here, at our factory.
In San Juan del Sur
Crack and winnow
We crack the beans and remove the shells. What's left are the nibs.
In San Juan del Sur
Grind and refine
The nibs are ground and refined until they become chocolate.
In San Juan del Sur
The bar
It's tempered and molded into bars.
The cacao
Made with cacao that has earned 345+ international awards.
The awards belong to Nicaraguan cacao and the people who grow it. We turn it into chocolate here, in Nicaragua.
What we make
Five bars, and everything else the cacao gives.
- Coffee
- Ginger
- Oscuro
- Leche Dorada
- Aphrodisiac
Also cacao nibs, cacao husk tea and cacao butter.
You'll find them at Café Oro, on the ground floor of Casa Oro, and at other places in Nicaragua.
The tour
Watch us make it. Then taste it.
Saturdays at 10:30 · US$ 10. Led by Karina, from our team.
Questions about the chocolate
Where is Oro chocolate made?
In San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Here we roast, crack, grind and refine the cacao until it becomes a bar.
Where does the cacao come from?
From Nicaragua. It's grown by more than a thousand farming families across the country, and Ingemann ferments and dries it in Tipitapa.
Can I visit the factory?
Yes, on the chocolate tour: Saturdays at 10:30. Watch us make it, then taste it. Book it on WhatsApp.
Where can I buy the chocolate?
At Café Oro, on the ground floor of Casa Oro in San Juan del Sur, and at other places in Nicaragua. In the United States, at Oro Chocolate & Coffee in Chicago.
From the land to your cup.
What started at Café Oro is now in Chicago too, at Oro Chocolate & Coffee.