{"id":76,"date":"2026-11-03T16:59:35","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T16:59:35","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:59:35","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-surface-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-96667980 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-lt-temper-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">About<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Temper: from the bean to the snap<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-ink-soft-color has-text-color has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A small bean-to-bar workshop making single-origin bars, bonbons and drinking chocolate. Here is how we work.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-653e1c62 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-lt-temper-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/11\/story-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Cocoa pod cut open to show the beans inside\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/5;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lt-temper-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">Our story<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A small workshop that starts with the bean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Temper began with a tabletop roaster, a stone grinder and a lot of burnt batches. Today we still make every bar in one small workshop, a few hundred at a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">We buy beans from a handful of farms we know, pay a fair price for them (sample text) and make one bar from each, so the origin is the flavour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-lt-temper-check\">\n<li>One origin per bar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stone-ground for days, not hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tempered and wrapped by hand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lt-temper-signature wp-block-paragraph\">The chocolate makers at Temper (sample text)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section id=\"bean-to-bar\" class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull lt-temper-video\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);min-height:76vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/11\/video-conche.mp4\" poster=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/11\/video-conche-poster.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 50%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 50%\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-base-background-color has-background-dim-70 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-653e1c62 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lt-temper-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">From bean to bar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading lt-temper-display-2\">Every step happens in our workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">We sort and roast the beans, crack them, grind them on stone for days, then temper and mould each bar by hand. Watch the grind, then read the steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lt-temper-text-link wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/about\/\">Read our story<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:45%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-lt-temper-card lt-temper-feature-card is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-374d18a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lt-temper-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">One batch (sample)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\">Five steps, about a week<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lt-temper-rows is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2f20ec05 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sort<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beans picked over by hand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2f20ec05 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Roast<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Low and slow, in small drums<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2f20ec05 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Crack &amp; winnow<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shells off, nibs kept<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2f20ec05 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Grind<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stone-ground for 2\u20133 days<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-space-between is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2f20ec05 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Temper &amp; mould<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cooled on marble, poured by hand<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Sample process for the demo store.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-653e1c62 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lt-temper-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">Where the beans come from<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">We visit, taste and buy direct<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">We work with five small farms and buy from them every season. Pods are opened on the farm, the beans fermented and dried there, then shipped to us (sample text).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-lt-temper-check\">\n<li>Small farms we know by name (sample)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beans bought in small lots each season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One bar per origin, so you taste the place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/product-category\/single-origin-bars\/\">Shop single-origin bars<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-lt-temper-rounded\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/11\/pods-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Ripe cocoa pods hanging on a tree\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-surface-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lt-temper-snap has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-df22deab wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-lt-temper-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">How to taste<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Taste a bar in four steps<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-91c7a5f2 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-lt-temper-card is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-374d18a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"lt-temper-step-number wp-block-paragraph\">01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Look and snap<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">A well-tempered bar is glossy and breaks with a clean snap.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-lt-temper-card is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-374d18a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"lt-temper-step-number wp-block-paragraph\">02<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Smell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Rub a square with your thumb and breathe in. Fruit, nuts, flowers?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-lt-temper-card is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-374d18a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"lt-temper-step-number wp-block-paragraph\">03<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Let it melt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\">Leave a small piece on your tongue for half a minute. Notice what comes first and what lingers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group lt-temper-snap has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-df22deab wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center is-style-lt-temper-kicker wp-block-paragraph\">What you can expect<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Our promises to you<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide lt-temper-grid-4 is-layout-grid wp-container-core-group-is-layout-bf0a65c0 wp-block-group-is-layout-grid\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-374d18a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-lt-temper-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-content\/themes\/lt-temper\/assets\/images\/icons\/bean.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">One origin per bar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Each bar is made from the beans of a single farm (sample origins).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-374d18a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-lt-temper-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-content\/themes\/lt-temper\/assets\/images\/icons\/snow.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Cool-packed<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Cool packs and insulated liners from spring to autumn (sample policy).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-374d18a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-lt-temper-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-content\/themes\/lt-temper\/assets\/images\/icons\/gift.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Gift wrap and cards<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Add a hand-written card to any order at checkout (sample service).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-container-core-group-is-layout-374d18a3 wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-lt-temper-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-content\/themes\/lt-temper\/assets\/images\/icons\/truck.svg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Tracked delivery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ink-soft-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Orders leave the workshop in two working days, tracked (sample times).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Temper: from the bean to the snap A small bean-to-bar workshop making single-origin bars, bonbons and drinking chocolate. Here is how we work. Our story A small workshop that starts with the bean Temper began with a tabletop roaster, a stone grinder and a lot of burnt batches. Today we still make every bar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-76","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/76\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/woocommerce.ltheme.com\/lt-temper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}