Our story
From a pharmacy path to a chocolate factory.
Raw Xocolat is Brownsville’s first bean-to-bar chocolate factory — and it started at a farmers-market table.
The founder
Jesus Bojorquez, Brownsville native.
After serving in the U.S. Army, Jesus was studying biomedical science with pharmacy school as the plan. He was already making Mexican abuelita chocolate and selling it at area farmers markets.
Chocolate won. He was one of the winners of the Brownsville Community Improvement Corporation’s StartUp Texas Pitch Summit, and in May 2021 he opened the shop on Morrison Road.
The name keeps the first plan in it: RX, the prescription sign, and Xocolat, from the old spelling of chocolate.
Origins
From Tuzantán to the Philippines.
Which origins are on the shelf changes with each batch. Ask at the counter.
The process
Three days from bean to chocolate.
- SourcedCacao beans arrive from growing countries on three continents.
- Cleaned, ground & refinedThree days of work in the factory on Morrison Road.
- Made in-houseInto bars, bonbons, dragées and the chocolate in the café’s drinks.
Press
- Valley Business Report“Chocolatier Brings New Flavor To Brownsville” · 2021
- KRGV Channel 5“Valley Made, Local Strong” · 2021
- BCIC · StartUp Texas Pitch SummitWinner — $20,000 grant (VBR)
Visit the factory
Morrison Road, Brownsville. You'll smell it before you see it.
500 E. Morrison Rd., Suite I, Brownsville, TX
- Mon–Fri9 am – 9 pm
- Saturday10 am – 9 pm
- Sunday11 am – 6 pm