This chocolate begins on a small family farm, where Agnes Pilopaso started caring for cacao trees at just 15 years old. Since 2003, she has grown the Tupaghotua Cocoa Plantation — meaning “stand tall” — from 3 hectares to 46, now producing some of the region’s most vibrant and expressive cocoa.
Organically grown, carefully fermented, and sun-dried, the cocoa delivers an evolving flavour profile: bright tropical fruit melting into malty biscuit, coffee, and walnut notes. Unlike anything else in their current range.
Price x 70G Bar
Chocolarder is one of a handful of bean-to-bar chocolate makers in the UK, and the only one based in Cornwall. Everything that comes out of their factory is made with only the best ingredients, sourced locally where possible, in the seaside town of Falmouth.
Founded in 2012, Chocolarder started as the passion project of Mike Longman, a former pastry chef. Chocolarder is committed to ethical and sustainable practices:
- Plastic-free packaging on all products
- No palm oil
- No emulsifiers
- Supporting reforestation in various projects around the globe
- Slavery-free ingredients sourced direct from farmers
- An obsessive commitment to keeping waste to a minimum
- And committing to zero-carbon alternatives wherever possible
