Cuna De Piedra

Bean-to-bar chocolate from Monterrey, Mexico, built around Mexican cacao and made to show that what is made in Mexico can reach real excellence in quality.

About Cuna De Piedra

Based in
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
Known for
bean-to-bar chocolate from Mexican cacao, including mezcal bars

Cuna de Piedra makes chocolate in Monterrey, Nuevo León, and builds its bars around Mexican cacao. The company works bean to bar, involved in every step from the bean to the wrapped bar, and keeps the number of intermediaries low so the people who work the land are paid more fairly. The base of every bar is just cacao and cane sugar. The company calls its work a tribute to Mexican cacao, made to show that what is made in Mexico can reach real excellence in quality.

The flavored bars use Mexican ingredients too, and the cacao comes from growing regions including Comalcalco in Tabasco and Soconusco in Chiapas. The company has since branched into spirits, cocktails and object design.

Cuna De Piedra questions

What does bean to bar mean?

Bean to bar means the chocolate maker starts with whole cacao beans and turns them into finished bars itself, instead of melting down chocolate bought from a large factory. That puts every step in the maker's hands, from choosing the beans to wrapping the bar. Cuna de Piedra uses Mexican cacao from regions including Soconusco in Chiapas and Comalcalco in Tabasco, keeps middlemen to a minimum so growers are paid more fairly, and builds every bar on cacao and cane sugar.

Does chocolate have a long history in Mexico?

Yes. The cacao tree is native to the Amazon, but in Mesoamerica, the region that takes in southern Mexico and Central America, its use goes back to the Olmec civilization. The Maya drank cacao more than 3,000 years ago, and before the Spanish conquest cacao beans were used as money across the region. Cuna de Piedra builds every bar on Mexican cacao.

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