Dan & Melanie

Bean to Business

No. of episodes

8

Latest episode

2026-03-26

Where can you listen?

We started a chocolate factory with zero experience in chocolate.

Bean to Business is a weekly show from the team at Hill Country Chocolate in Fredericksburg, Texas. We make bean-to-bar chocolate—starting with raw cacao beans and turning them into finished bars right here in our production facility.

Every week, we pull back the curtain on what it actually takes to run a small manufacturing business. The wins. The mistakes. The stuff nobody warns you about.

We talk about sourcing ingredients from around the world, working with Italian production equipment, building a brand in a tourist town, and figuring it out as we go. Sometimes we bring in guests. Sometimes we just answer your questions.

If you're running a small business, thinking about starting one, or just curious what happens inside a craft food operation, this show is for you.

New episodes drop weekly.