Raaka Chocolate
Raaka is a chocolate company founded with a social mission to create a more equitable global society by teaching safe and environmentally supportive prep techniques, including low-temperature chocolate making.
About Raaka Chocolate
Our Mission:
We make the most delicious chocolate possible while building and maintaining healthy and valuable relationships with our global community, our planet and each other.
Ryan Cheney was introduced to chocolate making at a yoga school on a beautiful island in Thailand, where he was excited by the flavors of unroasted cocoa beans. Inspired by companies with social missions, he founded Raaka to explore low-temperature chocolate making and create a more equitable global society in which communities have opportunity to improve their quality of life.
After spending a year learning bean-to-bar chocolate making, Ryan teamed up with Nate Hodge, a musician and gastronomist with a lust for exotic flavors and groundbreaking processes. For several months, Nate and Ryan enjoyed the sound of micro-batch chocolate grinders churning around the clock as they developed a new approach to chocolate making.
Accessibility: Bathroom is not wheelchair accessible
We make the most delicious chocolate possible while building and maintaining healthy and valuable relationships with our global community, our planet and each other.
Ryan Cheney was introduced to chocolate making at a yoga school on a beautiful island in Thailand, where he was excited by the flavors of unroasted cocoa beans. Inspired by companies with social missions, he founded Raaka to explore low-temperature chocolate making and create a more equitable global society in which communities have opportunity to improve their quality of life.
After spending a year learning bean-to-bar chocolate making, Ryan teamed up with Nate Hodge, a musician and gastronomist with a lust for exotic flavors and groundbreaking processes. For several months, Nate and Ryan enjoyed the sound of micro-batch chocolate grinders churning around the clock as they developed a new approach to chocolate making.
Accessibility: Bathroom is not wheelchair accessible
School location
Raaka Chocolate
Red Hook, Brooklyn58 Seabring St
Btwn Richards & Van Brunt Streets
Brooklyn, New York 11231
Reviews of Raaka Chocolate
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Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
The instructor was super knowledgeable and truly put us to work. I learned alot and it was a super unique experience for a valentine's day gift, I would recommend it. -
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
Class was amazing, we all had such a fun time. Everyone was so helpful and kind -
Coffee Cupping & Chocolate Tasting
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Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
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Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
this is a great class. you can really make chocolate from scratch. from selecting the bean, to grinding it in a bunch of different machines, adding ingredients and finally, pouring liquid chocolate into nice little bars you get to take home. this is thorough enough for people who want to start making their own, but also enjoyable if you’re just curious, and don’t ever plan to do it again. a bit messy, but very yum -
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
I loved the class, the chocolatier explained the whole process in great detail, the whole class walked out with perfect chocolate made with out own hand. I highly recommend -
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
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Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
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Coffee Cupping & Chocolate Tasting
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Raaka Factory Tour & Tasting
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Raaka Factory Tour & Tasting
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Raaka Factory Tour & Tasting
Fun tour with lots of chocolate to taste! Our tour guide was also lovely and very knowledgeable. -
Small-Batch Chocolate Making Intensive
The class was small and intimate, allowing for a real sense of being able to get hands-on experience in our first experience making chocolate. Our guide was knowledgeable and comfortable, making the lesson feel conversational rather than instructional. I really feel I learned enough to try and make chocolate myself at home, but with the self-awareness that as a novice mine will not taste as wonderful as Raaka’s chocolate! I also really enjoyed the whole team: everyone was nice and engaging while they were busy. Raaka is truly some of the most delicious chocolate I have ever had (try the limited edition sage flavor!) and it was great to learn from them on this quick trip to NYC. -
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
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Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
Had a great time. Was interesting seeing how chocolate is actually made -
Raaka Factory Tour & Tasting
Anne was so sweet ! Learnt a lot and enjoyed chocolate! -
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
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Raaka Factory Tour & Tasting
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Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
I received this tour as a gift and it was incredible! You learn so much in the walk-around factory tour and get to do some fun taste-testing along the way. Creating our own three bars was definitely the highlight! Will keep an eye out for their chocolate in stores :) -
Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Making
