Delicious and Ethical Valentines Treats
Strong couples should show their love each and every day, but we all know there's one special day of the year on which expectations of romance are cranked up a notch or two; a day when, by tradition, we all take a moment to declare our love for those who have a special place in our hearts. Love it or loathe it, Valentine's Day is the one day of the year on which we all go the extra mile to show our loved ones how much we care.
Whether you're spending this Valentines with your partner of decades, a new sweetheart, or solo and hopeful that love is just over the horizon, there's no better way to show you care than to offer a selection of Hotel Chocolat's exquisite Valentines range.
Sweet-toothed chocolate aficionados know that all chocolate is not created equal. At one end of the spectrum you'll find the cheap tinned selections available in every supermarket, the standard offering of a partner who bought their Valentines present as an afterthought; a hurried purchase on the way home from the office. At the other end of the spectrum, though, you'll find the selections of Hotel Chocolat: rich, delicious pieces of heaven created with love and care for the most discerning of customers.
So what is it about Hotel Chocolat that separates it from the crowd?
Ethical Deliciousness
When you look into the origins of your favourite foods it's easy to become depressed, and in the case of chocolate it's hard to take another bite once you've learned of the hardship and poverty suffered by cocoa farmers around the world. Farmers in the developing world work their fingers to the bone in return for pennies, while multinationals make off with their crop without a second thought. The broken cocoa industry has left farming communities across the world in tatters.
In recent years many boutique chocolatiers have attempted to redress the balance, using only Fair Trade cocoa in their products in an effort to give cocoa farmers a fair deal. Hotel Chocolat, however, has gone one step further. In fact, they're one of the only chocolatiers on earth who actually grown their own cocoa. From their plantations in Ghana and St Lucia they've transformed the local cocoa growing communities, paying far above the market price to ensure that growers who produce high quality get a fair deal. Hotel Chocolat's ethical approach to cocoa breathes new life into communities, allowing hard working farmers to make a better life for themselves and their families.
The best thing about this commitment to paying fair prices for only the highest quality cocoa, though, is the results. The finest cocoa makes the finest chocolate, and you only have to glance at the contents of Sealed With a Kiss, Hotel Chocolat's most irresistible Valentines chocolate collection, to see that they're in a league of their own. Dark Champagne Truffle sits alongside a zesty Lemon Berry Tart, a creamy white chocolate Strawberry Swoon and a rich, bewitching Dark Mousse. Each flavour is more exquisite than the last, and from the caramel to the truffles to the perfect praline every bite leaves you in no doubt that Hotel Chocolat are the Rolls Royce of chocolatiers.
So, if you're looking for something special for your Valentine this year you need look no further than Hotel Chocolat.
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