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An Appreciation of Fine Chocolate: Tasting Box
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On-Demand micro-learning course
50 minutes
Beginner level
Description
A Guided Chocolate Tasting Experience
Take a guided tasting journey through fine chocolate crafted in the UK from some of the world’s best cocoa beans.
For those new to fine chocolate, this hands-on experience provides a structured introduction to tasting and appreciating chocolate made from bean to bar in the UK.
You’ll explore different types and styles of craft chocolate through sensorial tasting while also learning how to describe what you’re experiencing.
What You’ll Experience:
Discover Fine Chocolate – Understand the key differences between craft chocolate and mass-market chocolate.
Develop Your Palate – Learn to identify flavors and aromas unique to fine chocolate.
Explore Bean-to-Bar Craftsmanship – Gain insight into how chocolate is made and why sourcing matters.
Taste a Curated Selection – Sample a variety of chocolate styles, including dark, milk, and white, all chocolates from UK makers.
Enhance Your Knowledge – Gain skills to confidently select, taste, and appreciate fine chocolate beyond the session
Your Tasting Box
After booking the course, you will receive a tasting box containing everything you need to fully engage in this chocolate journey. Your box includes enough chocolate for two people to taste together or for you to revisit your tasting experience.
What’s Inside:
🍫7 craft chocolate samples – A curated selection from UK bean-to-bar makers, featuring samples of 3 dark, 1 white, 2 milk and 1 dark flavoured bar.
🍫7 corresponding bar information cards – Learn about the origins and craftsmanship behind each chocolate sample.
🍫2 additional craft dark chocolate samples – Explore and compare different dark chocolate styles.
🍫Taste, Transparency, and Craftsmanship postcards – Deepen your understanding of chocolate making.
🍫A Taste Experience chart – A helpful guide for identifying and describing flavours.
🍫Starburst sweets – Used for a fun aroma exercise to enhance your sensory awareness.
🍫Roasted cocoa beans** – Crush and taste to experience the raw essence of chocolate.
🍫Tasting notes sheet** – Record your personal taste experiences and insights.
We recommend picking up a bar of your usual chocolate to compare tastes and gain insight into different production methods.
Shipping Information:
The cost of the experience includes the cost post and packing. Tasting boxes are shipped via Royal Mail 48-hour service and will be dispatched within 36 hours of booking. If you need your tasting box sooner, please contact us prior to booking.
Your Video Guidance
In this guided video experience, I will teach you how to taste chocolate and explain the crucial role aroma plays in flavour detection.
You’ll be guided step-by-step through the tasting process, exploring each sample in depth. I’ll offer insights into the flavours you might experience, but remember— craft chocolate differs from batch to batch and your flavour journey is unique!
Additionally, I’ll introduce you to the passionate individuals behind cacao growing and chocolate making, and share tips on how to continue your chocolate exploration beyond this experience.
Why Join This Experience?
Hands-On Tasting – Experience chocolate through structured exercises and guided tasting.
Guided Learning – Learn from a chocolate expert passionate about fine chocolate.
UK Chocolate – Taste UK-crafted chocolate and learn where to fine best makers
Perfect for Beginners – No prior knowledge required, just curiosity and a love of chocolate
Expertly Crafted - Course designed and delivered by Kathryn Laverack, Fine Chocolate Educator and International Chocolate Judge.
Start Your Fine Chocolate Journey Today!
Discover the world of fine chocolate and refine your palate through this immersive tasting experience.
Frequently Asked Questions
When and how will my tasting box be posted?
Tasting boxes are usually posted out within 36 hrs of receiving your booking and I use Royal Mail 48hrs for postage. If you require more urgent delivery, please call me prior to booking to ensure this will be possible. Tel: 07939652457.
Boxed can only posted to addresses in the UK.
Do you offer vegan chocolate tasting options?
Yes, you can select the Vegan option during your booking.
All the dark bars we taste are vegan and the craft chocolate sector has some world class vegan chocolate makers who provide milk alternatives in both white and milk bars.
Allergens in vegan bars.
The vegan bars often use nuts as milk alternative and they are made in factories or kitchens that handle nuts, gluten and dairy.
Are there any allergens in the chocolate?
With dairy and non-dairy
You have the option to order a with-dairy or non-dairy tasting pack.
Nuts
The non-dairy pack includes bars using nuts and most bars are made in an environment that handles nuts, gluten and dairy.
Ingredients and allergens
Details of ingredients and allergens for each chocolate are listed in the corresponding numbered post card or on the pack itself. Details of the maker's website are given if you need further information.
Emulsifiers
Some bars contain sunflower lecithin emulsifiers.
Please check the ingredients list for individual bars.
Can I gift this tasting experience?
Buying a gift voucher
Yes, when booking you can have the option to buy a gift vouchers to be redeemed for this experience.
Redeeming a gift voucher
If you have been given a gift vouchers for this experience. You can enter the voucher code at the checkout. Your code will tell me if you have already received a tasting box.
How much chocolate do we get in the pack?
You don't need a whole bar to get the full flavour experience of a fine chocolate.
There is sufficient chocolate for two people to taste, find the flavours and find which chocolates they like.
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