Cocoa nuts
Where Starbucks once blazed a trail, chocolatiers are following
THEY have “brew bars”, single-origin beans and hessian sacks from exotic lands. Sound familiar? Posh chocolate shops are springing up in the hip neighbourhoods where coffee culture long ago took root. All the talk is of aromas and sustainability—the usual stuff of craft products that makes it seem stingy not to fork out £7.50 ($10) for something that disappears in a few mouthfuls.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Cocoa nuts”
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