Friday, February 1, 2013
Cacao Atlanta is a boutique chocolate factory hidden away in the Inman Park neighborhood of Atlanta. Bianca Garcia is the head baker and chocolate maker for the small business that sells bean-to-bar chocolates in numerous unique flavors. Garcia gears up for Valentine’s Day right after Christmas as she has to make close to 7,200 special truffles for the holiday as well as continue to provide some 30 plus flavors of bars and truffles that the factory’s two stores in Virginia Highlands and Buckhead regularly stock. Take a look at Bianca and her staff as they work to prepare for yesterday’s holiday that I photographed for a Three of a Kind photo feature for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Bianca Garcia adds lustre dust to molds for chocolate truffles as she prepares for Valentine’s Day at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Heart shaped truffles sit on a bakers rack at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Bianca Garcia covers a mold filled with truffles with chocolate as she prepares for Valentine’s Day at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Bianca Garcia fills truffles with white chocolate ganache at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Bianca Garcia covers a mold filled with truffles with chocolate as she prepares for Valentine’s Day at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Bianca Garcia covers a mold filled with truffles with chocolate as she prepares for Valentine’s Day at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Catreice Garrett carries a tray filled with caramels at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Bianca Garcia adds lustre dust to molds for chocolate truffles as she prepares for Valentine’s Day at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Bianca Garcia adds cocoa butter paint to molds for chocolate truffles as she prepares for Valentine’s Day at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Catreice Garrett wraps individual pieces of caramel at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Espresso flaked caramels sit on a bakers rack at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Mabel Ramirez prepares a layered cake with chocolate ganache at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Different flavors of chocolate truffles sit on a bakers rack at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, Febraury 1, 2013.
Mabel Ramirez prepares a layered cake with chocolate ganache at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Catreice Garrett wraps individual pieces of caramel at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Hundreds of chocolate truffles sit on a bakers rack at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Bianca Garcia (right) prepares molds of truffles as Mabel Ramirez covers a cake in chocolate ganache at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
A box of Valentine’s Day truffles sit on a marble counter top at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.
Bianca Garcia knocks a batch of chocolate truffles out of a mold as she prepares for Valentine’s Day at Cacao Atlanta in Inman Park on Friday, February 1, 2013.