Jason Sandford
Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.
From Black Mountain Chocolate’s page on Facebook:
If you haven’t heard, I’m opening the “factory” (aka. The Cocoa Roastery) here next month as a combination interactive fun experience and storefront for our products. The fun part will include more in-depth tours, tastings, and various chocolate workshops. What would you like to see…or do?
More on Black Mountain Chocolate and its founder, David Mason:
We consider ourselves explorers into the world of cacao. Exploring not only the unique flavors highlighted in our chocolate, but also new ways to utilize its many benefits, seeing cacao as more of a food than a candy. We want you to join us in our journey to expand our knowledge and palate of this mystical bean which has deep roots in the history of mankind. Come, and explore cacao with us!
David’s background spans many industries. A graduate from the University of Kentucky with a degree in Agronomy, he first set out to continue his love of the game of golf by working in golf course management. On a detour, he went to work for his father in a manufacturing business and then on to renovating and managing an orchid nursery in central Florida. During a brief return to the golf course he learned of a culture centered around cacao and chocolate in the Mexican state of Oaxaca and it’s capital city of the same name. It was then the passion was ignited that brought together both his love of food and his love of agriculture. Through many years of studying and playing around in the kitchen he decided to take the leap into artisan chocolate making and could think of no better place than the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina. So it is there he moved with his wife Sarah and son Trent and started Black Mountain Chocolate.
