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Marsatta Chocolate: The Real Deal

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Chocolate Purists Have a New Home in the South Bay at Marsatta Chocolate

Chocolate maker Jeffray Gardner has made a career of bringing pure, unadulterated chocolate to the South Bay in the form of handcrafted Marsatta Chocolate bars. Hand-produced from cacao beans sourced from as far as Ecuador and Tanzania, the luxe, organic bars—available in strengths ranging from 36 percent to full-throttle 100 percent—are available at Gardner’s new outpost, Marsatta Chocolate, on Del Amo Boulevard, along with decadent delights like chocolate-drenched strawberries and fruit-infused bon bons.

Welcome fixtures at several local farmers’ markets, Gardner and his wife, Naomi, have flung open the doors of their just-opened factory and store for tastings and flight-pairing nights. During shop hours, customers can sip hot chocolates and mochas in the cafe while watching premium cacao beans get sorted, roasted and spun into edible gold.

TIP: Even if sweets are not your thing, a nibble of Marsatta’s pure dark chocolate might open your palate to a world of new taste complements, from a bottle of earthy red wine to a selection of fresh fruits.

Marsatta Chocolate
4604 Del Amo Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90503
310.318.0489 | Marsatta.com

Photography by Paul Jonason

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Constance Dunn has been writing about homes and people for DIGS since 2014. Her experience and topic knowledge are broad: She’s racked up over 100 cover articles, interviewing notable architects, real estate agents and artists along the way. She can also be seen hosting an episode or two of luxe home show DIGStv.
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