Early bird discount now extended through February 12!

Spend your Valentine’s Day with Tumbleroot’s master distiller, Jason Kirkman, and Santa Fe chocolate maker, Eileen Olivieri. During this 3-hour workshop, participants will learn how to roast and make their own chocolates—which they will take home—while enjoying sample pairings showcasing hand-made chocolates, artisanal spirits, beers, and cocktails. There will be curated cheeseboards for snacking throughout the evening, and during the last hour of the event, guests will be set free with a drink of their choosing, a pound of clay, and all the materials they need to make their own work of art.

For singles and couples!

This is a 21+ event

Olivieri Chocolate Workshop Description

This workshop is experimental at its core. We will begin our time together by roasting and hand shelling organic cacao beans. Eileen will share her relationship to cacao as experienced through her own Italian lineage. Emphasis in this workshop will be placed on the process versus the product. That being said, each participant will make their own chocolate creation to pair with Tumbleroot spirits/beers.

Olivieri Chocolate

“I make tiny batch chocolate fresh to order.

I roast, hand shell, and grind the whole beans

and craft each recipe from organic cacao. No two recipes

are exactly the same. I support small farms that are practicing

sustainable agriculture and enhancing biodiversity. I use local ingredients

to reflect the geography of where I’m working.”

-Eileen Olivieri, artist

Eileen Olivieri

Eileen Olivieri (she/her) is an award-winning intermedia artist. Her art originates from site-specific, immersive experiences in diverse landscapes across the U.S. and beyond. Presently, Eileen is developing a feature film titled “Mink River,” working on an installation for an upcoming artist residency in Italy, and teaching Queer Film/Text at the Institute of American Indian Arts. You can find her handmade chocolate at Reunity Resources Farmstand, May-October. Learn more about Eileen here

*Plates by MuddPlay Ceramics