We are from what is now called Mexico and the so called United States of America. As a bicultural family of chocolate makers we ask the question “What is America?”
Living together as immigrants in Japan, we tried to answer the question. We wanted to explain not only the landscape or food but a deeper explanation that included sadness and violence. An explanation that honored those who were damaged by the collision that forced up the “Americas” into being. After years of thinking deeply about the answer we realized it was time to return home.
And so, Fortuna was born on the road.
Fortuna was born on a bicycle in the streets of Tokyo and at a long wooden table in the Danish countryside. It was born on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean and in the forests of the Rocky Mountains.
We are questing for the answer and each step we take new worlds open, unknown narratives reveal themselves and we come closer to the whole story.
Cacao is our medium. Witness to our story and elder, we sit at the feet of its wisdom. Bloodied by human hands and talisman of our ceremonies, cacao is already answering our questions.
Arriba el cacao, gracias por iluminar el camino.
