TCHO
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TCHO is a start-up
Startup company
A startup company or startup is a company with a limited operating history. These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets...

 chocolate
Chocolate
Chocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...

 maker based in San Francisco, California
California
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History

TCHO was co-founded by Timothy Childs and Karl Bittong. Its CEO and President are Louis Rossetto
Louis Rossetto
Louis Rossetto is an American journalist and "radical libertarian." He is best known as the founder and former publisher of Wired magazine.- Early life and career :Rossetto was born and grew up on Long Island, New York....

 and Jane Metcalfe
Jane Metcalfe
Jane Metcalfe is the co-founder, with Louis Rossetto, and former president of Wired Ventures, creator and original publisher of Wired Magazine...

, respectively, co-founders of Wired
Wired (magazine)
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magazine. The company maps cocoa beans to their flavors on a six-segmented flavor wheel. The company encourages others to use their flavor wheel in hopes that it will become the industry standard.

Products

As of January 2010, they offer four chocolate bars to consumers: one variety made from Ghanaian beans ("Chocolatey"), and one made from Peruvian beans ("Fruity"), one from Ecuador ("Nutty," previously sourced from Peru as well) and one from Madagascar ("Citrus"). There are no nuts in "Nutty" nor fruit in "Fruity" the flavors are derived from the bean itself.

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