Edinburgh’s leading bean to bar chocolaterie Chocolate Tree, has launched its Easter collection for 2017.
The boutique store and café in Edinburgh’s Bruntsfield and production premises in East Lothian, Chocolate Tree are trailblazing a more ethical approach to luxury chocolate in Scotland.
Owners Alastair and Friederike Gower’s products show true passion and respect for the cacao and farmers, ensuring a taste that’s second to none for the customer and a premium return for the grower.
Co-Founder Alastair said: “We want to make people love good chocolate as much as we do. That’s why in 2012 we started making our own chocolate from bean to bar. This gives us unprecedented control over who we buy cacao from and what price we pay. If every chocolatier was to make this step then chocolate would become as diverse in flavour as wine, bread, whisky, beer or cheese.
We encourage people this Easter not to pig out on cheap supermarket chocolate, but instead buy premium ethical chocolate from a small batch artisan chocolatier or chocolate maker.”
In February this year, Alastair was the first UK chocolatier to visit the Chililique cacao farmers of Northern Peru.
There he met the farmers and sourced the beans directly for Chocolate Tree’s bean to bar (or bean to egg) Easter collection.
The Easter collection has a wide range of eggs and chocolate bunnies. Prices begin at £7.95 with online ordering and delivery available in the UK and selected worldwide countries.
For more information on Chocolate Tree or to purchase any of their Easter treats visit the website.
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