How One of New York's Best Chocolate Factories Makes 5000 Award-Winning Bars a Day - Dan Does
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День томуOn this episode of ‘Dan Does,’ host Dan Geneen visits Raaka Chocolate in NYC to understand and participate in their intense chocolate-making process that uses high quality, single origin cacao that retains a flavor profile shaped by the soil and climate it grows in.
Credits:
Producer/Host: Daniel Geneen
Director: Murilo Ferreira
Camera: Murilo Ferreira, Michael Latchman
Editor: Daniel Geneen
Executive Producer: Stephen Pelletteri
Development Producer: McGraw Wolfman
Supervising Producer: Stefania Orrù
Associate Director of Audience: Terri Ciccone
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@miguelzamora122 2 роки тому
13:30 factory boss’ millionth fake laugh followed by nervously rubbing arms at all the failures and wastage
@TheCheat_1337 2 роки тому
It's funny that Dan is finally working at a place that's his kind of people, New York artisanal handcrafted product hipsters. This video is really interesting, but most of the previous videos were totally fish out of water situations.
@turbokid99 2 роки тому
Its amazing how un-coordinated these liberal hipsters are.... totally clueless. Stick to liberal arts and trolling ppl online :)
@1totheright 2 роки тому
They went on a date afterwards I would suppose? 🤔
@evolutiontheory1219 2 роки тому
Yeah i absolutely hated this guy until this vid. This ones alright
@chestermcgillicuddy4368 2 роки тому
Dan was clearly Danielle and has transitioned.
@johnmichaelharo3809 2 роки тому
You can actually eat the white stuff that coats the seeds it has like a jelly texture and has kind of sweet and sour flavor which i loved as a kid, cacao trees grow everywhere in our area when I was a kid and you can just grab any ripe fruit and split it in half and eat it
@wasimmo4692 2 роки тому
Were did u grow up
@johnmichaelharo3809 2 роки тому
@@wasimmo4692 im from south east asia
@monto39 Рік тому
That's really interesting. Now I want to try it
@sempakbolong7846 Рік тому
when i was a kid , i always steeling cacao after school and eat the white stuff without knowing that fruit will be end as a coklat hahahhaaa
@DessertGeek 2 роки тому
I knew it'd be Raaka from the label! They use such unique colors! And it's always good to see bean to bar chocolate highlighted, these brands on the whole are trying so hard to support farmers and cooperatives with higher wages and transparency. And you get super tasty chocolate!
@softairsan 2 роки тому
I don't know why but it genuinely surprises me every time how good the Dan Does Series is. Maybe it's because Dan looks like an everyday regular guy and the concept of the show is old and overused. But man, he is slaying it. Love it and especially love Dan as the host. keep it up !
@whisky3k294 2 роки тому
Is that you, Dan?
@altonbrownluva 2 роки тому
@@whisky3k294 a reasonable theory but no!
@georgiegan 2 роки тому
The CEO looks like such a hipster.
@daveklein2826 2 роки тому
So
@juliaseixas8138 Рік тому
njkoopjoog
@Stefan-fv7yj 2 роки тому
It's not just a product, it's a work of love from all over the world, put into a delicious chocolate bar. Who wouldn't love that♡
@baassman Рік тому
09:06 "A little messy, but..." "I haven't done anything wrong yet" 😂😂😂
@DreamPhreak 2 роки тому
6:48 this reminds me of the demolitions guy from the Atlantis movie
@thetimeisnow1210 Рік тому
The dude has never had a regular job ever and it really shows! Might have been the most work he’s ever done! 😂
@JH-gk7dv 2 роки тому
I can’t wait for them to reopen their factory tour!
@JimDean002 Рік тому
"this is a full meal" during the depression Hershey's chocolate mostly owes in survival to the sales of one candy bar. Mr Goodbar. Their marketing people came up with the idea that since it had peanuts which are protein in it they could Market it as a solid 5 cent lunch. People bought into that since there wasn't a lot else available that they can afford and that candy bar kept the company afloat. Obviously it's a far cry from what these folks are turning out just an interesting little side note in the world of chocolate. I can tell you that years ago back in the '80s in construction a lot of guys actually would have a Mr goodbar as an afternoon snack because the sugar and the protein in the peanuts combine to give a decent little kick of energy when you needed it.
@I_NeedCoffee 2 роки тому
Oh how I love chocolate. I loved it at work and now I love it at home. I wish I could make my own.
@justrelaxing1501 2 роки тому
Thanks for explaining the chocolate making process. I'm going to look for this brand next time in NYC
@MikeySkywalker 9 місяців тому
0:46 That is insane. Talk about being confident.
@shanerankin3995 2 роки тому
HE'S A GOD DAMN HIPSTER WILLY WONKA!!!
@csedan7916 2 роки тому
Willy Wanker, more like. I grew up in Brooklyn in the 60s/70s and all of this Brooklyn hipster shit gives me douche chills.
@christopherbicknell8849 2 роки тому
Amazing video. Can we get this chocolate in the UK? Host was wonderful too. More from him please.
@JimDean002 Рік тому
My man referenced 2 kilos of flake with a straight face...
@A_New_View 2 роки тому
I loved this episode!😂
@ce1834 3 місяці тому
I love Dan - truly my spirit animal
@Blxglt 2 роки тому
I wonder where they got the name from. "Raaka" is a Finnish word that means "raw", which would kind of make sense here.
@JJLiberman Рік тому
great stuff, want more of it!!
@bobbycratchet3958 2 роки тому
Near the end you will see a recreation of the I Love Lucy Show when she and Ethel tried to make and package chocolate. Hilarious episode! At least I think she was with Ethel.
@fiallos1 Рік тому
So visually satisfying
@Breitman123 2 роки тому
I truly LOVE the Dan Does series!
@didxogns1 2 роки тому
I normally don't like to have just a Chocolate bar and didn't know artisanal chocolate even existed but I now really want to try this
@kendrabobes2295 2 роки тому
You have to try it, it’s so different from the mass produced chocolate bars
@Tonyhouse1168 Рік тому
Haha, “welcome to Dan does okay”
@sagan666 Рік тому
That wrapping scene reminds me of wrapping bread rolls in 1997. Good to see things haven't really changed.
@yesjustordinary 2 роки тому
Amazing !
@mossbergthebulldog6921 2 роки тому
Good stuff 🤟
@ADHD55 2 роки тому
I hope those Coco farmers are being compensated for their hard work
@daily6633 Рік тому
Who knows. Prolly not??
@Lousasshol 2 роки тому
Great content
@eveyluvvs Рік тому
I'm from Brooklyn and I've never heard of Raaka... He must be transplant Brooklyn lol
@UnclePhil1112 2 роки тому
So basically what they’re saying is, fruit is chocolate. Got it! 👍🏼😃
@syd2248 2 роки тому
I kinda love this Geneen guy
@davidglaum2538 2 роки тому
How much chocolate is an employee allowed to eat at work?
@missdaisysunshine8633 2 роки тому
Just ordered some
@chrisblack7210 2 роки тому
Love how they don't over edit the video and leave in some of those moments that highlight Dan's goofy self
@adrianflores581 2 роки тому
Quickly reading it thought it read "into raw caca" 😆
@Verlopil 2 роки тому
I can see why boutique chocolate costs more money.
@gaylejackson6828 Рік тому
Love this chocolate
@elreguerrero4021 2 роки тому
WOW.... good video
@elixirforlife4771 Рік тому
Wonderful
@captainforrix956 2 роки тому
Every single dude working at that place looks like they listen to Neutral Milk Hotel. Not a bad thing, but they all really give off the extreme hipster vibe
@ismaelhall3990 2 роки тому
Really life willy wonka!!!
@Ruin-kf4wl 2 роки тому
Never been so early for a video before
@HoshiArt 2 роки тому
yum
@polishedmeat6399 2 роки тому
what music is playing in thsi video i love it
@jwkayk360 2 роки тому
this dude's voice is just.. abrasive.
@daveklein2826 2 роки тому
So is your comment
@robertwhitten265 2 роки тому
4:50 Just pour the F'in butter!
@MartyD 2 роки тому
chocolate 🤤
@membershining138 Рік тому
I herd that anything under 20 micron chocolate wasn’t noticeable so would the big roller press just be over kill?
@Charlie-nc3cp Рік тому
"Yum, dark chocolate" said nobody below the age of 70
@pluckey0826 Рік тому
reaching over those massive rollers with the spatulas seems so risky. any loose fabric would pull you right in
@pointman1921 Рік тому
Was thinking the same thing. He was using the scrapers right over them as they were running. Just an accident waiting to happen.
@la1163 2 роки тому
Mmmmm chocolate.
@1minutecomicswalahollywood648 2 роки тому
Nice Channel.
@carlosmante 2 роки тому
Chocolate, a long trip from Ancient Native American Olmecs to Brooklyn.
@needmoreramsay Рік тому
Yeah Eater definitely paid for a case of chocolate bars on this one.
@missdaisysunshine8633 2 роки тому
What? No link to buy Raaka?
@daveklein2826 2 роки тому
Google it
@dcallan812 2 роки тому
❤❤❤
@JS-wc4xs 2 роки тому
Chokola in taos NM is the best chocolate producer I've ever had. I will try Raaka, but it's definitely more industrialized than Chokola is.
@joshrzepka4139 2 роки тому
How much for a bar of it
@northerners2828 2 роки тому
I like sweets 🍫🍫🍫
@EvanWeeks 2 роки тому
6:49 Is that Vincenzo from Atlantis? Did he go from a flower shop to making chocolate? Better watch that guy, he might have something that goes "boom"!
@Vic-lu6dk 2 роки тому
1:12 Roast the crap out of the beans? Is crap used in formal terms? Sorry for posing this silly question, I am no native and was curious about that
@delphipascal 2 роки тому
this isn't a formal video - it's got some edgy/hipster vibe hence the use of crap. Crap isn't formal.
@nicholasterry6523 2 роки тому
Dan's understating how unusual it is to not roast the beans, as Raaka chooses to eschew that step in the conventional chocolate-making process. Roasting does not, as claimed in the video, serve exclusively as a cudgel to destroy variance, but rather as a process to develop additional flavor components while shifting the flavor in one of a particular set of possible directions (the chemistry here is far too complicated for a comment...) There are hundreds of other small chocolate makers who do roast their beans and nevertheless display impressive and immediately obvious variety in their selection even between different origins at the same percentage, but far fewer offer a bar in Raaka's style.
@heeheehayftw3905 2 роки тому
Crap is used to mean "a lot", like a crap ton, or roast the crap out of it (roast it a lot). It's not formal, more slang.
@Vic-lu6dk 2 роки тому
@@heeheehayftw3905 Thank you for the response :)
@altonbrownluva 2 роки тому
@@nicholasterry6523 well said. What I meant was that the mega corp chocolate companies roast "the crap" out of the beans. There are lots of wonderful chocolate companies that bring out new exciting flavors with roasting and I should have mentioned that! Thanks for watching and caring.
@vkleisner 2 роки тому
how many bars do they produce daily? such a handcrafted process!!
@mcfear1991 2 роки тому
Says 5000 in the video title…
@daveklein2826 2 роки тому
It's stated in the title
@jameshill2635 Рік тому
Buy a conche Raaka. You know it’s the right thing to do ;)
@MajorWolf72 2 роки тому
So, they are bringing in the beans unroasted, but no roasting process was shown
@Tonyhouse1168 Рік тому
On their website, they say that the never roast the chocolate bc they want it to be more fruity and less “classic” chocolate taste
@Dulcimertunes Рік тому
Shades of Lucy and Ethel
@justaguy4788 Рік тому
artisanal fair trade
@0133Baron 2 роки тому
@10:22 wears sanitary gloves, scratches hair*..
@sheilaflory2541 Рік тому
Noticed this too. Would have expected them to pull him away from the machinery and glove up again
@heberthybr 2 роки тому
This exactly what a Nestle industry close to my place here in Brazil does, and I can say with strong property since a good friend of mine work there for several years. So this mom and pa store sustainable fairytale is just bullshit. Also, most of Cacau farms in Brazil depends on multinationals companies demands... so the poor families who relies on it say "obrigado".
@BruinsPastaSauce Рік тому
i dont care for chocolate that much at all but this one i must try just out of the respect of him and eveyone involved putting the work in.. guess that's why i dont care for chocolates is he explained it pretty much it all tastes the same and doesn't help its pretty much monopolized for the most part.
@user-ri3vu4os7j Рік тому
so 25 bars per minute, means that in a factory with 8 hours shift, it can make 12,000 bars per day. 60,000 per week and 240,000 bars per month.
@alexhanson6327 2 роки тому
Someone needs to explain to Dan that the key to humor is playing into "machines are silly" and such.
@themarkfunction 2 роки тому
Dan! Dude, lift with your knees not your back. I almost threw my own hernia watching you heft that bag of beans at 2:15 , lol
@carterweinstein29 Місяць тому
Is this going to be like $10 per bar 😂
@Gasparvjs 2 роки тому
Hipster chocolate
@writereducator 2 роки тому
Don't you love this anti-capitalism capitalism?
@gacoan_noodle8657 Рік тому
If capitalism used with good procedure without finance management instead surely will be goes to carefully ..
@timon20061995 2 роки тому
The hipster level is over the chart
@Burkerules Рік тому
Other than the roasting of the beans it's the same exact process in a large chocolate operation. By saying that large operations "roast the beans" as though it's bad a thing is misleading. This place uses the raw bean but they are also at the mercy of any malodors in the liquor. Let's be clear when we present content.
@dakotareid1566 Рік тому
This place doesn’t roast it
@aryaprincess2479 2 роки тому
So Nate Hodge, the founder, is cute and he makes chocolate... is he single?
@Charlie-nc3cp Рік тому
Does every bar win an award?
@vitasbutkoon 2 роки тому
🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
@jonathanjones6657 2 роки тому
A British man changed his name to Tim Pppppppppprice to make it harder for telemarketers to pronounce.
@SpiderslidePics Рік тому
They must have roasted them too. They skipped that step?
@Tonyhouse1168 Рік тому
It’s not roasted. They like the fruity flavor of unroasted dark chocolate
@Boxer1250RT 2 роки тому
Like having the Highest quality Steak at Applebees - Nice try :)
@daveklein2826 2 роки тому
Ignorant comment
@lex_is_law5654 2 роки тому
The owner sounds like Seth Rogen
@KennethL12321 Рік тому
So u don’t need a waterfall to mix the chocolate…?
@bigfitts 2 роки тому
The owner looks like his dad bought him the business so would stop doing coke all the time😂😂
@daveklein2826 2 роки тому
You would know
@dathaniel9403 2 роки тому
Such a weirdly specific and utterly wrong take. The dude looks totally normal. And you don't have the kind of work ethic it takes to run a bean-to-bar chocolate business if you're a trust fund kid. He said he wrapped all his bars by hand for years before they were big enough to afford a machine that does it. Does that sound like a rich cokehead? Idiot.
@SCRT 2 роки тому
Literally to the 1% who's reading this, God bless you, and may your dreams come true, stay safe and have a wonderful day. 💕
@Astrohhh 2 роки тому
Machines are so silly
@rodwinprieto2099 Рік тому
looks like making oil paint
@matthewreyes2401 Рік тому
I’d love to see their sanitation programs and where they keep the chemicals, gear etc
@pablocespedes9585 2 роки тому
Good video! But sorry, the best Cacao is coming from Central America, North of Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago. This zones are also known for having top coffees as well, specially Costa Rica and Honduras. The type cacao planted in this region is called CRIOLLO. Criollo is the least bitter of cacaos. The prime matter for making chocolate are NIBS, the Nibs must not have any shell pieces (actually mucilage is the proper name) Mucilage is bitter and also affects texture, so is good to pass the roasted cacao through the winnower machine two or three times. The best Dark chocolate is the least bitter... Extra bitter flavor is a deffect on gourmet chocolate.
@stewartstewartstewart 2 роки тому
Weird music choice and a Fraggle doing the VO
@joshuarodriguez8922 2 роки тому
Dan sucks at working lol
@austinabrams9456 2 роки тому
Was looking for someone who noticed that lol. You can tell he has literally never worked a hands on job in his life
@tegridyweed7863 2 роки тому
Fun fact - There's 8 bug legs in every bar of chocolate.
@Mystogan00 2 роки тому
All that for a mediocre chocolate bar 🤦♂️and this ghetto factory is mostly analog gotta push by hand to feed chocolate bar to machine so it can wrap tge bar, can already tell the chocolate will be meh at best.
@UserAme99 2 роки тому
"Best in the planet"
@daveklein2826 2 роки тому
LIAR
@adamnex1524 2 роки тому
Does no one wear gloves gr
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