Danielle came to Colombia more than 12 years ago from Los Angeles and eventually made a home in the mountains of Antioquia, where she now lives on a 300 acre nature reserve that is also home to her cacao farm, chocolate factory, rivers, forest, wildlife and a rather chaotic collection of animals. What began as a search for really good Colombian chocolate slowly turned into something much bigger. Danielle began growing cacao, learning to make chocolate, working with Indigenous cacao growers and producers from different regions of Colombia, and exploring how genetics, fermentation, roasting and place shape the flavor of cacao.