In my search of suitable options for new chocolate reviews on Chocolatier.co.uk, I like to look at cocoa growing regions of the world that I've not experienced before. Take Firetree's 72% Vanuatu chocolate bar for instance, which uses single-origin cocoa...
The annual World Chocolate Day is a great excuse for chocolate makers around the world to shout about their creations. It's also a great excuse for us chocolate lovers to grab a bargain from the canny brands that run time-limited...
Sussex-based chocolate brand Cocoa Loco has launched a new limited-edition range of summer-themed chocolate bars to its product line-up. Handmade using organic and Fairtrade certified chocolate, these slabs feature interesting flavour combinations together with pretty decorations. Cocoa beans from the...
This interactive at-home course spans four parts and along with up to 20 virtual classmates, you'll learn how to temper chocolate like a pro chocolatier as well as plenty of secret chocolate making hacks and techniques for sublime results.
Remember last year I was telling you about the cosy little Jeff de Bruges shop in South Kensington, London? I've written about the tasting carrés but those were not why I visited the store in the first place. I was...
Back in April 2009, Bertil Åkesson and his Brazillian partner Dr. Angelo Calmon de Sa, purchased a mammoth 120 hectare cocoa plantation. Sat in the heart of the Mata Atlantica forest, Fazenda Sempre Firme in Bahia, Brazil is home to a...
Catalonian chocolate maker Blanxart prides itself on producing artisanal chocolate from single-origin cocoa, and today's bar up for review is their Blanxart 85% Nicaragua Dark Chocolate bar. The cocoa used in this dark chocolate bar heralds from the Waslala region...
The famous Knightsbridge store is open online, and boasts a selection of luxurious chocolate gifts for everyone. Why not treat somebody you love with a thoughtful box of chocolate truffles, a cannister of enrobed nuts, or a selection of chocolate treats from other luxurious chocolate brands?
I remember the UK & Ireland launch of Dutch bestselling brand Tony's Chocolonely as if it were yesterday. It involved a giant red chocolate bar mascot traipsing around London appearing in photos on red double decker buses and on the...
Firetree is a brand that has appeared on my chocolate radar more and more in recent months. It sources its premium cocoa directly from farmers on remote oceanic islands where the volcanic terroir shapes the flavour of the beans, and...
As I raided my chocolate box, I discovered a bar of chocolate I'd bought to review squirrelled away at the bottom. It was a bar of 72% extra dark chocolate by Seed and Bean from before they redesigned their packaging....
I'd wanted to try a bar of Rococo chocolate for some time now, and picked up a bar on my last visit to the capital. Previous contributors to Chocolatier.co.uk have waxed lyrical about their handmade chocolate bars. They've pawed through...