Hot Chocolate
Good morning Hastings! In the words of Roosevelt E Roosevelt it is ‘Hot, Damn Hot, Real Hot, Fool it is Hot I’ll tell you again, were you BORN on the SUN? It’s Damn…
2024 in chocolate
Looking Back on 2024
On The Plus Side Most importantly, we are still growing. Our growth might be much more slow and steady than exponential, but growth is better than the alternative. It feels…
Lots of chocolate at Coastal Cocoa
On Cocoa Prices
Food price inflation has been a big challenge for many people over the last couple of years, but few products have been as badly impacted as chocolate. You may have…
Why do Easter Eggs Cost So Much?
Apologies for this, but I'm about to go on a bit of a (seasonal) rant...As a child I used to ask for money for Easter instead of eggs. Why? When…
Cowboy eating chocolate 2
2023 – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(note - inspired by the Royal Institute's Christmas lecture, the images are AI generated "cowboys eating chocolate". Clever stuff isn't it!)It sounds terribly pretentious to suggest that a tiny business…
Ice Cream by Coastal Cocoa, Hastings, East Sussex
Summer at Coastal Cocoa – It’s Ice Cream Time
Summer at Coastal Cocoa means... Ice Cream! New for summer 2023, we are now offering delicious ice creams from our shop in Hastings town centre. Our ice cream is freshly made…