Taste a truffle the way the forest intended it. every truffle has a story
Harvested the day before it reaches you, traced to the hunter and the dog who found it, and flown overnight at the peak of its aroma. This is the truffle as it’s meant to be.
Picked and shipped the same day — the day before delivery — and flown overnight at peak aroma.
Meet the farm, the hunter, and the dog — with your truffle’s own harvest date and time.
We choose for aroma, not just looks — because aroma is flavor.
The finest truffle is the freshest one.
Here's the part that often surprises people: a truffle’s magic is its aroma — and the aroma fades fast. About half of it is gone five days after harvest. By day ten, you’re down to a quarter — you’re not tasting a truffle anymore, you're tasting a trace of what it was. So “fresh” isn’t a detail. It’s the whole point.
By the time an ordinary truffle reaches your kitchen, half its aroma can already be gone. Ours arrives while its aroma still fills the room.
See the science — the 5-day aroma curve
An anonymous truffle, days past its best.
Most truffles that reach American kitchens have passed through a long chain of hands — brokers, wholesalers, exporters, distributors — pooled together, sorted and routed through a slow, century-old distribution system. By the time one lands on your counter, it’s often more than five to seven days old. And if you ask the questions that matter — where was this harvested? When? by Whom? — no one can answer. Because no one kept track. That’s been the standard for decades.
We founded American Truffle Company to change it. Two ways.
Choose your truffle.
Two truffles, held to one exacting ATC standard — same species, same full biography, same care. They differ in just one thing: how they reach you.
American Harvest On-Demand
The freshest Périgord you can buy — harvested the day before it arrives at your door steps.
Choose your delivery date, and we set the harvest in motion. Your grower gets two days’ notice. On the day before your delivery, your truffle is harvested from the ground and shipped that same day — overnight, by express carrier. It reaches you about a day old, its aroma very much intact. This is the truffle we grow here, on American soil, using our cultivation science that helped establish the Périgord on this continent.
We harvest only what the season gives us. There is only a finite amount of truffles that mature each day. When a delivery date is claimed, it’s gone — so the calendar can fill up quickly.
Order by noon Pacific time · Earliest delivery about two days out · Delivered Tuesday–Saturday
every truffle has a story
Direct from European Farms
The great truffles of Europe — without the traditional week-long journey that dulls them.
ATC sources directly from farms across multiple regions in Italy, Spain, and France — never the distributors everyone else sources from. Our growers harvest and drive the fresh truffles to the airport the same day. The truffles fly commercial to the U.S., then arrive at your door overnight by express carrier. They reach you 48 to 72 hours from harvest — still inside the peak window, and far fresher than anything the traditional trade can offer. The same Périgord black truffle. The same full biography. Just a different road to your home.
These are small farms, and each week’s harvest is finite. It’s first come, first served — once the week’s truffles are spoken for, they’re gone.
One shipment a week · order by 9:00am Saturday Pacific time · delivered the following Thursday · pick your week for delivery
every truffle has a story
AS FEATURED IN
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Nov 2016 — A Start-Up Finds the Secret to Farming Truffles
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Apr 2018 — Scientist Sniffs Out a Culinary Opportunity
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Jan 2019 — First Scientifically Cultivated Truffle in America Harvested
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Jan 2025 — A $973 Fungus: Napa’s Hills Are Producing Truffle Gold
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Jan 2025 — Harvest of Black Périgord Truffles Marks a Significant Milestone
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Feb 2025 — ATC Harvests Icon Class Truffle, Top 1% of All Truffles
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Jan 2026 — American Truffle Company Presents the Napa Truffle Festival
Every truffle has a story.
Scan the code in your shipment and the story opens: the farm your truffle came from, the region it grew in, and a film of a real hunt on that ground — the hunter, the dog, the moment of the find.
We keep the exact location private — the way great truffle grounds always have been. Everything else is an open book.
Scan the code in the box. What opens isn't a packing list — it's an introduction.
- Harvest date & time — the exact hour it came out of the ground.
- The dog's name — the one who found yours.
- The hunter's name — the person who was there for the find.
- Farm story & region — the ground it grew in, and the grower who tends it.
- A film of a real hunt — the walk in, the still moment, the dig, the find.
We grade on aroma, not looks.
The most fragrant truffle is almost never the prettiest one. A chef shaving tableside may want a flawless sphere for the show of it; for anyone cooking at home, aroma wins every time — because aroma is flavor. So we choose the truffle whose aroma fills the room, not necessarily the one that looks best. Yours may arrive organically-shaped, rugged and irregular—straight from the ground and just as it’s meant to look. What really matters is the aroma.
Each truffle is wild and natural — no two alike. We choose the ones with the best aroma, which are not always the ones that photograph best.
Some have a flat, trimmed face. Sometimes a truffle is nicked in the harvest process — by a dog's paw or the edge of a hand tool. When that happens, we trim the affected area before it reaches the scale. You only pay for the truffle, not the trim.
Which truffle is right for you?
Answer four quick questions — how fresh you want it, when you need it, whether it’s a gift, and whether you’ll need a shaver — and we’ll point you to the one that fits.
Not glossy. Grounded.
We didn’t build an elaborate box to make the price seem justified. What arrives is unpretentious and beautiful, like the truffle itself: a natural canvas bag you’ll want to keep, a hand-finished Italian shaver if you choose one, and the truffle itself, cradled for its overnight journey. Open the box and the story has already begun — a welcome note, how to keep it, how to shave it, and the QR code that unlocks its story.
The canvas drawstring bag is the hero — a reusable bag you’ll want to keep long after the truffle is gone. Inside the shipping box, you’ll find the bag, cold packs for the overnight journey, and a small set of cards.
Science first. The chefs already know.
These are the same truffles we supply to Michelin-starred American kitchens and to the chefs at the Napa Truffle Festival, which we founded. Some of them have even harvested truffles from our partner orchards themselves.
Our Chief Scientist, Professor Paul Thomas, has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers, and studies truffle cultivation on four continents. In 2018, a partner orchard in Sonoma produced the first Périgord black truffle grown using American Truffle Company's proprietary scientific methods — proof the science works.
Founded by an engineer and former Silicon Valley technology executive who tasted his first truffle abroad and didn't stop asking whether something so prized could be grown domestically. Read our story →
You'll know exactly what to do.
Thin slices release the most aroma. A proper shaver — adjustable — is the essential tool for it. A cheese slicer won’t come close.
Store your truffle in an airtight container with a few eggs, still in the shell, overnight. The aroma will pass right through the shells and infuse the yolks. You can have your truffle and eat it too.
Wrap it in a dry paper towel, change it daily, and refrigerate — never freeze. Stored properly, it keeps for 10 to 15 days (although the aroma continues to dissipate throughout).
Give the joy of anticipation.
Choose the day it arrives; write your message and we’ll transcribe it by hand onto our card stock and tuck it in the box. It arrives at its peak, with a story attached — a gift that’s talked about long after it’s eaten.
Before you reserve.
How fresh, really?
American truffles arrive about a day from harvest; European, 48 to 72 hours — both well ahead of the week-old truffles that come through traditional distribution. With proper care, they keep for 10 to 15 days.
Is it really from where you say?
Yes — and you can check. Every truffle’s QR code reveals its harvest date and time, the hunter and dog by name, and the farm’s story and region, plus a film of a real hunt on that ground.
What if something isn’t right?
Our Freshness Satisfaction Guarantee: email us within 24 hours of delivery and we’ll make it right.
When can it arrive?
For American truffles, you choose the delivery date — any day at least two days out, Tuesday–Saturday — and we harvest to match it. European truffles always arrive on a Thursday; order by 9am Saturday Pacific time and it’s delivered the following Thursday. Or you can pick any Thursday beyond that.
How do I keep it?
Refrigerate, never freeze. Wrap it in a dry paper towel and change it daily. (Store it with a few eggs overnight in an airtight container and thank us later.) If you notice white mold beginning to develop on the surface, that’s normal — rinse it off under cold water with a clean toothbrush or truffle brush, dry the truffle thoroughly, wrap it back in a fresh paper towel, and return it to the fridge in an airtight container.
What will it cost?
Truffles are sold at the current market price, charged on the actual weight shipped — so you pay for exactly what arrives. Reserve ahead and your price is locked at the time of order.
The forest, at your table — in a day.
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