Why This Portland Chocolate Shop Will Become Your New Favorite Place

Chocolate has been fermented and crafted for centuries, and once held so much value that it was even used as currency in ancient Aztec society. As chocolate lovers today know, exchanging money for chocolate is a sound decision, but with so many options on the market it may be hard to choose which is the best brand for your buck. This is where Cacao Portland comes in.

This SW Portland chocolate shop curates a selection of some of the best chocolate around.

Focusing primarily on Northwest chocolatiers and North American small craft producers, the decade-old shop has one of the best chocolate selections around.

The collection of chocolate here is hand-picked and selected based on a number of key factors such as where the chocolate is grown, organic and fair market practices, and operational transparency.

The work that has gone into the selection shows. This is one of the most comprehensive collections of craft chocolate in the city.

Because there are so many options and different points and flavors to consider before making a purchase, there is plenty of chocolate for sampling at the store to help you make a selection.

With more than 200 producers of small craft chocolates in America, Cacao Portland has the best and brightest of the bunch.

But what will really make you fall in love with this shop is its own house-made drinking chocolates.

Take some to-go in the packaged form and have their amazingly delicious signature chocolate blend ready for you whenever you want.

Or stop in for a cup of hot chocolate.

This rich, super creamy chocolatey blend is something that dreams are made of.

You can even take your chocolate love to a whole other level by mixing it with ice cream.

Pour Cacao Portland drinking chocolate over Salt & Straw's Arbequina olive oil ice cream for a wonderful treat that you won't soon forget.

Skip the wine flight and take a chocolate flight instead.

Experience all the drinking chocolates at once in this delicious drinking chocolate flight available at the store. The three-drink flight includes a classic dark French style drinking chocolate, a lighter Venezuelan drinking chocolate with milk and cinnamon, and a spicy dark drinking chocolate with ginger, coconut milk and other spices.

If you haven't had enough chocolate yet, Cacao Portland has even more chocolate for you to try.

You can even buy lip balm made with real 72% Ecuadorian chocolate.

Don't forget to pick up some bulk baking and eating chocolates while you are there.

Your sweet tooth will thank you later.

Cacao Portland is located at 414 SW 13th Avenue and 712 SW Salmon Street.

Would you rather try your hand at making chocolate instead of just buying it? Check out Creo Chocolate and learn to make your own bar.