ChocoVivo Soft-Opens in Venice

This past Saturday, Venice saw the soft-opening of Patricia Tsai's ChocoVivo, a unique stone-ground, "bean-to-bar" chocolate shop that adheres to traditional methods. Using whole cacao beans sourced from a single grower and ancient stone-grinding methods, Tsai produces small batches of handcrafted bars of dark chocolate, chocolate powder, chocolate butter, and chocolate nibs, with various flavors ... Continue reading at losangeles.grubstreet.com.