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n a recent winter afternoon, I arrived at the Raaka Chocolate production facility just off Van Brundt Street in the industrial section of Redhook, Brooklyn. When it comes to awakening the senses, nothing can do it quite WHEN IT COMES TO like walking into a chocolate AWAKENING THE SENSES, factory where you are quickly seduced by the sweet aroma of NOTHING CAN DO IT QUITE LIK E WA L K IN G IN TO A cocoa. I have a deep-rooted love CHOCOLATE FACTORY. for chocolate and I am eager to learn the process of creating small batch chocolate. Founded by Nate Hodge and Ryan Cheney in 2010, they developed their passion and craft through a process of trial and error. Hodge serves as my guide and categorizes himself as a foodie and an individual that is obsessed with learning about processes and how things are created.