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 perfume. This is the truffle as it’s meant to be — not its memory.
Picked and shipped the same day — the day before delivery — and flown overnight at peak perfume.
Scan the box: meet the farm, the hunter, and the dog — with your truffle’s own harvest date and time.
We choose for aroma, not looks — because aroma is flavor.
The finest truffle is the freshest one.
Here’s the truth no importer wants to say out loud: a truffle’s magic is its perfume — and the perfume 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 its memory. So “fresh” isn’t a detail. It’s the whole thing.
By the time an ordinary truffle reaches your kitchen, half its perfume can already be gone. Ours arrives while it 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 and routed through a slow, decades-old distribution system. By the time one lands on your counter, it’s often 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 built American Truffle Company to change it. Two ways.
Choose your truffle.
Two truffles, one 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.
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 lifted from the ground and shipped that same day — overnight, by express carrier. It reaches you about a day old, its perfume essentially intact. This is the truffle we grew here, on American soil, using the science that first brought the Périgord to this continent.
We harvest only what the season gives us. When a delivery date is claimed, it’s gone — so the calendar fills quickly.
Order by noon Pacific · earliest delivery about three days out · Tuesday–Saturday
every truffle has a story
Direct from European Farms
The great truffles of Europe — without the days-long journey that dulls them.
ATC sources directly from farms across multiple regions in Italy, Spain, and France — never the distributors everyone else buys from. Our growers work together as a cooperative: they harvest, drive to the airport the same day, and 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 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 9am Saturday PT · delivered the following Wed or Thu · pick your week
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Every truffle has a biography.
Scan the code in your box 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 perfume, not looks.
The most fragrant truffle is almost never the prettiest one. A chef shaving tableside wants 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 that fills the room, not the one that photographs best. Yours may arrive rugged and irregular. It grew in the ground; it’s meant to look like it. What matters is what happens the moment you shave it.
Each truffle is a wild, natural thing — no two alike. We pick the one that smells like the forest, not the one that photographs best. That’s a promise, and it’s the honest reason your truffle looks like it grew in the ground: it did.
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 a gaudy box to justify the price. What arrives is honest, and beautiful the way the truffle is: a natural canvas keepsake bag you’ll want to keep, a hand-finished Italian shaver if you choose one, and the truffle itself, cradled and cool from 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 code to its biography.
The canvas drawstring bag is the hero — a reusable keepsake that carries the mark out into the world. Natural canvas, our mark, and the line that says it all —every truffle has a story. 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 the master chefs who gather each January at the Napa Truffle Festival, which we founded.
Our Chief Scientist, Professor Paul Thomas, has published more than 40 peer-reviewed papers and studies truffle cultivation on four continents. In 2018, our Sonoma orchard produced the first Périgord black truffle in North America cultivated using ATC’s scientific methods — proof the science works.
Founded by a Silicon Valley technology executive who tasted his first truffle abroad and couldn’t stop asking whether something so prized could be grown. Read our story →
You'll know exactly what to do.
Thin slices release the most aroma. A proper shaver — adjustable, stainless, Italian oak — is the tool for it. A cheese slicer won’t come close.
Seal your truffle in a container with a few eggs, still in the shell, overnight. The aroma passes right through the shells and into the yolks. You can have your truffles and eat it too.
Wrap it in dry paper, change it daily, and refrigerate — never freeze. Treated well, it stays fragrant for days.
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 arrives about a day from harvest; European, 48 to 72 hours. Both stay fragrant well beyond the usual, with simple care.
Is it really from where you say?
Yes — and you can check. Every truffle’s code opens 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: tell us within 24 hours of delivery and we’ll refund or replace the affected truffle. We’re very responsive by email.
When can it arrive?
American — order by noon Pacific; earliest delivery about three days out; Tuesday–Saturday. European — order by 9am Saturday Pacific for the following Wednesday or Thursday.
How do I keep it?
Refrigerate, never freeze. Wrap it in dry paper and change it daily. (Store it with a few eggs overnight and thank us later.)
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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