About Alma Chocolates

Sarah Hart serving up a box of
bon-bons du jour

Five years ago, Sarah Hart started playing with chocolate recipes, creating iconic molds and painting them in edible gold leaf. She perfected these treats the hard way, through trial and error. Instead of enrolling in culinary school, she found an instructor to come to her home. Ian Titteron taught Sarah what he knew about chocolate. Adding what Sarah knew about starting a business, Alma Chocolate was born.

What's in a Name?

The name Alma comes from Sarah's grandmother, Alma Hart. She taught Sarah to bake pies—and how to nourish others through a love of good food. Alma means spirit, or soul, in Latin. Combine that with the root word for chocolate, Theobroma, meaning food of the gods, and you've got one divinely edible concept.

Initially, Sarah tried making all the molds herself but soon realized she wouldn't be able to make them fast enough to keep up with the speed of her own ideas, so she brought in an artist friend to make them according to her vision.

Setting up Shop

When Sarah's kitchen became too small to keep up with orders, she began selling at the Farmer's Market, where she still keeps a booth on Saturdays.

The chocolate shop opened in 2006 and, though it can boast the tiniest bathroom in town, it still offers Sarah and crew room to experiment and grow.

Sarah isn't the only one thinking up new recipes at Alma. She's hired other talented chocolatiers. This is definitely a situation where too many chefs is a good thing.

How to Buy

Alma currently sells its products at our store in northeast Portland and other retail locations. Orders are also shipped to addresses in the U.S... More

Visit Us at our Store

140 NE 28th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97232
(503) 517-0262

Cafe Hours:

Mon - Thu:
11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Fri - Sat:
11:00 am to 7:00 pm

Sun:
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Alma in CORK

Alma has mini stores in both Portland Cork Wine Shop locations. If you are in NW or on Alberta street visit us there!

www.corkwineshop.com
 

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