✦ Family-owned and operated since 2015

Our Story

Hello! Lindy here. Welcome to Two Little Monkeys!

Ismael & Lindy Co-founders & chocolate makers

Ismael, Lindy and children smiling together at the cacao farm

We are a craft chocolate company that is family-owned and operated since 2015, but our love for chocolate goes way back to childhood. I mean really, who does not grow up loving chocolate?

Ismael smiling among the cacao trees — Ismael

Founders Ismael and Lindy holding fresh cacao at the Anatomy of Cacao lesson board — Lindy & Ismael

Educational

Our chocolate tour and workshop connect people to the world of craft chocolate, from bean to bar.

Premium quality

Cacao processed in small batches from high quality beans, made in our own factory space.

Clean and ethical

Local, clean and ethically produced ingredients in every product.

Family life on the farm

Two Little Monkeys family making hot chocolate with traditional bate-bate molinillo — Whisking traditional hot chocolate with the bate-bate

Ismael presenting the stages of cacao with fresh pods on the wooden table — Ismael walking guests through the cacao process

Colorful rainbow of fresh cacao pods displayed in front of stone metates — The rich diversity of cacao varieties grown on the farm

Hands actively grinding warm cacao nibs on the stone metate — Grinding roasted beans the ancestral way on the metate

Today Family-owned since 2015

Come visit us

Ismael is co-founder, chocolate maker and a certified naturalist tour guide. Lindy is co-founder, chocolate maker and an expert in the flavor development of cacao through different roasting profiles.

Originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lindy moved to Costa Rica in 2005 to teach English.

Chocolate can be more than just a sweet treat, so we invite you to savor it slowly, let it melt and experience the flavors of Costa Rica.

Reserve Your Chocolate Tour