About 46 minutes by car from Naha Airport. This cafe is located by the sea in Chatan-cho, central Okinawa main island. Although the name “Chocolate” is attached to the store name, it not only sells chocolate, but also offers drinks and food related to chocolate. It is a store for the connoisseur who is particular about where the chocolate comes from and even how the cacao nibs are ground.
Point 1: What is the location of “TIMELESS CHOCOLATE”?
Timeless Chocolate” is located by the sea in Chatan-cho, central Okinawa.
Chatan-cho is located in the area of Chatan-cho that most people imagine as the seaside area.
The store’s business type is “cafe,” and not only sells chocolate in board form, but also offers chocolate-related drinks and food, where you can find new discoveries and surprises related to chocolate that you may not know about yet.
The appearance of the store is so cool that it looks as if it is not in Japan. The clientele is also fun to read, sometimes there are many foreigners because of the proximity to the base, and sometimes it is empty even though it is a holiday.
Point 2: How did Timeless Chocolate start making homemade chocolate?
Timeless Chocolate opened in 2014 as Okinawa’s first bean-to-bar style chocolate specialty store.
As it is a bean-to-bar shop, of course it is homemade. The ingredients are only cacao beans and brown sugar harvested in various parts of the world.
Cacao beans are not harvested in Okinawa, but just like coffee beans, each region around the world has its own characteristics, and it is interesting to note the differences that emerge depending on the refining method. Roasting is also done at the store.
In addition, Okinawa has sugarcane fields spreading all over the area, and there is an abundance of brown sugar and pomelo beans. So they decided to combine cacao beans with local ingredients that can only be made in Okinawa to create the one and only handmade chocolate.
Point 3: What is the “TIMELESS CHOCOLATE” menu like?
Timeless Chocolate sells baked goods such as brownies, terrine, cookies, and, as shown in the photo, chocolate-covered peanut butter.
In the drinks section, there are many visual and taste pleasures, such as the Cacao Fruit Frappe, a new type of drink that uses cacao pulp and combines it with dragon fruit!
Also, the chocolates sold in the store cost just under 1,000 yen each, but they are unique and come in cute packaging, making them good souvenirs!
They are also available at Palette Kumoji’s “Rakuen Department Store,” so they are buyer-approved and delicious!
