Evan has this great event coming up: #Kamalapalooza at #ForbiddenIsland
"Fall out of the coconut tree"
Thursday Sept 19. 5-9pm. 1304 Lincoln. Some really good raffle prizes - #IslandSavoy #CraftChocolate and more!

Forbidden Island has great mocktails btw. #cadc #alameda #alamtg

Breakfast: J.Cocoa Mexican Chilli Salt

70% Madagascan dark #chocolate with chilli, lime & salt. 🍫❤️

#beantobar #craftchocolate #cacao

Preparations for my vacation are ongoing, but my chocolate stash is ready! 🍫

Kacau 74% Ecuador with banana, macadamia and cinnamon
Kacau 74% Ecuador with orange and goldenberry
Rózsavölgyi 40% with mandarin oil
Friis Holm 40% Ecuador white with yuzu
Krak 40% white with hibiscus
🌺

#Chocolate #CraftChocolate #ChocolateLovers #BeanToBar

7 years ago today. I recovered from the fire that destroyed my business, but not so much from being called "Willy Wonka" on the front page of the local newspaper.

#chocolate #beantobar #craftchocolate #business #newspaper #islington #London

Chocolate of the day: Soma Chocolate Bejofo Madagascar 70%.

It opens up like deep, fudgy raspberry jam, then builds in cocoa-fudgy intensity, only to have this rather gently bitter/astringent finish. And it's super creamy and smooth thanks to the added cocoa butter! I'm tempted to pair it with a strong black tea to see if they can enhance each other, but it's so good on its own.

And yes, that bird is wearing sneakers.

#chocolate #food #beantobarchocolate #craftchocolate #desserts #sweets

I'm into craft chocolate in a big way, so people often come to me for recommendations. Someone emailed today asking for suggestions for gifts for their team at work.
I figure I went to the effort of writing this list, I might as well share it.
#CraftChocolate #NZMadeChocolate #EthicalChocolate #GiftRecommendations

Sick in bed with Covid, but at least I have some proper comfort food.

Two bars of Scottish bean-to-bar chocolate; A 60% Honduras origin dark milk chocolate from Bare Bones Chocolate in Glasgow, and a 40% Hazelnut Gianduja from The Chocolate Tree in Edinburgh.

That should keep me going for a while.

#chocolate #chocolatemaker #beantobar #craftchocolate #scottish #scotland #cacao #hazelnut

Sunday afternoon treat 🍫🍫🍫

This "Damson" #chocolate bar by Zart Pralinen in Austria is actually Liquorice & Sea Salt flavour, and named for my business Damson Chocolate.

When I closed the business I decided to share all our recipes and methods and make them "Open Source". Emile at Zart based the recipe for this bar on mine and won an Academy of Chocolate Award with it!

Open Source rocks, even for chocolate recipes!

#chocolatemaker #beantobar #craftchocolate #openchocolate #cacao #cacaolove