MORE ABOUT US!

Here is a little bit more about us! Before we started, the members never saw it playing out like this. And Ethan visioned, fasted & took as much ceremonial cacao as possible -- he wanted accurate guidance... 

Jennifer Jones showed up in Ethan's life at the perfect and right time for his cocoa work and business to not completely fall apart from breaking his back. He needed titanium implants in his neck and Jen was willing to fill all the all the orders as a student, take Ethan's direction and take care of Ethan for over 1.5 years of immobility, chronic pain and severe depression. Jen is the reason this business is still open and is able to serve you.  

After discovering for himself, the amount of hardwork it takes opening cacao pods, Ethan got Jen involved before becoming fully disabled.  Long-story short, she apprenticed on the job to replace Ethan as his actual business partners breeched their duties. She was there for him. To learn from scratch how to make chocolate to help him survive through multiple surgeries from a major near death experience Ethan had surfing, while his "partners" of 6 years abandoned Ethan, supporting him and doing their own work completely.
 
Prior to venturing into chocolate, Ethan began recording his musical album. His life's work of all his songs. Almost dying prevented this in every possible way and he was forced to change career. Even after going to college for music, getting trafficked at 17 in the industry and winning online musical contests. 

After consuming massive daily quantities of his own Hawaiian ceremonial cacao, Ethan was brought in as the brand developer for a small, local, family brand. He has 6+ years of cacao to cocoa chocolate making experience (since) and designed logos, graphics and brands for multiple other Hawaii chocolate start-ups. He and Jen still drink ceremonial cacao grown in Hawaii 2x daily. They pick, ferment, dry, roast and do everything in the farm-to-bar process together. 

Designed and marketed by Ethan, Island Sharks Chocolate, is an offshoot brand of Hilo Shark's chocolate. Island Sharks began 20 years later than them in 2019 months, before the pandemic.  We pivoted and moved all our sales online and launched at #1 on google search results. We now have 13 # 1 page results on google. This website is the work of Ethan as well. He even goes viral on instagram from time to time @islandsharkschocolate. There are over 500+ customers, and counting, to this day.
 
You can follow Ethan and Jen on social media @By.Craftory where they produce chocolate for other companies, corporations and businesses. They are now accepting clients. Visit www.bycraftory.com to order your custom handmade branded chocolate bars.

The business, and couple, is growing and looking for new land to steward and cacao to serve.  After 5 years in business and many more to come, we are currently looking to fund our own brand new orchard of Hawaii cacao.  

We are cacao experts and have spent thousands of hours educating on our farm to bar slave free craft chocolate. Giving tours and working 1-on-1 at farmers markets has put us at the forefront of the Hawaii Cacao Industry Cacao Farm Tours Expertise, "Cocoa of Excellence" Sommeliers, and now we can add the "Best of East Hawaii" and "Human-Rights Consultants" to our growing list of achievements. Jen and I are Certified Chocolate-Sommeliers as well through our own online school, ChocolateSommelierSchool.org Our Chocolate Sommelier Course is FUN!!!

For keynotes on Human Rights in cocoa visit ChocolateSommelierSchool.com

If you have any questions please reach out in the community or contact us at our one of a kind Craft Chocolate AI

Thanks so much. Aloha and mahalo,
Ethan, Jen and the Island Sharks Shiver
Makers / Owners
Island Sharks Chocolate