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Known for it’s beauty and mysterious secrets, Peru is a country based in South America that truly has life at the centre of it’s being. Peru is famous for it’s biodiversity across the land, by being classed as a megadiverse...

There’s something so exciting about origin chocolates that evokes a sense of adventure in me. The word origin means the point or place where something begins, and in the case of a single origin chocolate, it means the cocoa beans...

In recent years, it has become more and more well-known that there are potential health benefits to consuming dark chocolate and cocoa products; which in my humble opinion is wonderful! Cocoa is one of the most polyphenol-rich of the commonly...

Seeing as we are about all things chocolate here at Choc Affair; we thought it would be helpful to explain the differences between milk, white and dark chocolate. From the image above, you can see that sugar and cocoa butter are...

Two of our team members, James & Richard, recently flew out to Colombia to see all of the work that is currently going on out there within the cocoa industry. Our cocoa beans are grown in Colombia, and we work...

You may have wondered before, ‘what is in chocolate that makes you happy’? Well - we have certainly thought about this, and thought we would look into it and answer the ultimate question! Well - after much research into the subject,...

Image credit: WE - Rolling Pins This week is mental health awareness week, and over the years, we have grown to talk about mental health more than we have ever done before. Whatever your family role, gender, occupation, age - mental...

The history of chocolate can be traced back as far as the ancient Mayans and Aztecs in Mexico, both of which are classed as some of the greatest ancient civilizations that have ever been discovered! Within the Aztec culture, cacao...