Meet the Mast Brothers

The Mast Brothers from The Scout on Vimeo.

Mast Brothers’ chocolate factory (a ridiculously stylish, grown up version of Willy Wonka, sans spoilt children and orange skinned vertically challenged migrants from Oompa Loompa Land) is located in Brooklyn, New York. What sets them aside from any other chocolate maker in the region, and quite possibly the world, is the fact that Mast Brothers are NYC’s only ‘bean to bar’ chocolate makers. The individually handcrafted chocolates are made from cacao beans from Madagascar, Venezuela, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, personally sourced by brothers Rick and Michael Mast.

Previously the focus of various New York Times magazine articles, along with Cool Hunting) and The Selby online attention, word of The Mast Brothers whares is gaining momentum.

The brothers began the choclate label in their apartment, using a homemade machine to process cacao beans. Creating every bar by hand, the two have redefined the chocolate industry and taken it back to its historical roots when cacao beans were a precious commodity and trading tool. They assure chocolate fans that each bar created is individual and offers its own story of flavors.