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…
Early chocolate advert 3
A Brief History of Chocolate – Part 3
The Industrialisation of Chocolate Manufacture - 1700-1875 Chocolate being made at the Fry's factory Up to the 18th Century the manufacture of chocolate was a very labour intensive manual process.…
Xocolatada/ Chocolatada (“chocolate party”) painted on tiles in Valencia, early 18th century.
A Brief History of Chocolate – Part 2
The Spanish Conquest Christopher Columbus first encountered the cacao bean on his fourth mission to the Americas on August 15, 1502. His crew seized a large native canoe that contained…