About Chocolate

BLOG

Mason & Co Cacao Butter – origin & recipes!

Extracted directly from the cacao bean, our cacao butter is organic, unrefined and non-deodorised, retaining its natural ‘chocolatey’...

The secret to developing the most delicious chocolate

One of our Founders could not control her excitement when these 3 bags of beans arrived! Read on to find out why. Farmers who we have...

Chocolate & Slavery: What Is Mason & Co’s Response?

We have been asked about whether or not we use beans that are ‘Fair Trade’, and how we can be sure that the beans we use are not sourced...

Why Vegan Chocolate?

Our ultimate aim is to ensure that every bar of chocolate we make honours the cacao, its farmers and our own beliefs and preferences…This...

A Quick Guide to Tasting Chocolate

Place a small piece of chocolate on your tongue, make sure it is room temperature and not too cold. Don’t bite it straight away! Stick it...

A Few Thoughts on Sugar

What sugar do we use in our chocolate? There are millions of write-ups about sugar on the internet, and most of us know that white...

Understanding Chocolate Labels

All chocolates are created equal, right? We often get asked how our chocolate is different from the commercial chocolates sitting next to...

A quick guide to bean-to-bar chocolate

In a nutshell, chocolate that’s made entirely from scratch, beginning with the cacao beans and developed entirely by the chocolate maker...