Amedei is a boutique confectionery in the Pisan village of Pontedera, Tuscany (Italy). No place in the world takes chocolate making as seriously as Amedei Factory.

Slitti Cioccolate e Caffe is in the small town of Monsummano Terme. Andrea Slitti, a student pours chocolate in his laboratory.

A display of various chocolates at Slitti Cioccolato e Caffe`. The caffe looks like a boutique shop with attractive boxes of chocolates lining the ornate shelves, and part cozy cafe, with espresso machines whirring behind the counter.

An assortment of tools made of chocolate at Slitti.

Chocolate shavings are added to a cauldron to be melted down at Catinari.

Catinari’s chocolates come in striking colors.