# The Tuscan chocolate maker who has been growing his own cocoa in Venezuela for 30 years

> The story of Alessio Tessieri, the Tuscan producer who has grown his own cocoa in Venezuela for 30 years and turns it into chocolate in Ponsacco.

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In Ponsacco, in the province of Pisa, there is a chocolate maker who not only turns cocoa into chocolate, but grows it. Directly in Venezuela. With Noalya, Alessio Tessieri is revolutionising the concept of artisan chocolate starting from the land, with a project that unites agriculture and culture