We sell the Van Houten Fairtrade hot chocolate here and you may wonder why we have chosen to do this and what Fairtrade is all about. In the chocolate industry there is a lot of slavery going on and especially child slavery. This is sad, but as most chocolatiers had little to do with the […]
Just as they have tea ceremonies in Japan they have coffee ceremonies in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is the 7th largest producer of coffee in the world and half of all the coffee produced is used by the Ethiopians themselves! However, Ethiopians only consume, on average, 1.3kg of coffee per capita per year, whereas in Finland, who […]
We once again visited Heidi’s site (101 cookbooks) for some inspiration about how to use coffee and cacao in baking. This time we found a black bean brownie recipe and got excited as getting your pulses at the same time as your chocolate and coffee kick is quite an impressive feat and makes this recipe […]
There is a clear trend to go towards natural and in some cases organic products as more and more processed products, especially those containing additives are proven to be bad for us. From genetically modified maize to corn syrup and colourants people are starting to become weary. It makes sense as well – if you […]
Summer is coming (at least we hope so once the snowstorms and other great weather conditions fade away!) and iced drinks will show up on all the coffee shop menus around town as soon as the first rays of the sun show up. In London everyone will eagerly look around for their sunglasses and head […]
Now you may run a coffee shop, or a tea shop…you may serve a pot of tea, or a hot chocolate only for yourself, or you may like entertaining guests with a good cup of Joe. Whatever way around, sometimes it is nice to make it extra special. Treat yourself, or your guests to something […]