Raw Chocolate Blog

As some of our fans will know, some of our raw chocolate goodies used to be stocked in Who Cares, the health food shop in Bradford on Avon. Somewhere along the way, that one slipped through the net and it's been ages since our raw chocolate goodies were available there.

We nuts about coconuts here at Elements for Life. It's truly is amazing, with so many uses for virtually the whole plant, it's no wonder it's often referred to by Pacific Islanders as The Tree of Life.

Health Benefits of Coconuts

The flesh of the coconut (including coconut butter and dried coconut) is high in fibre, vitamins and minerals and a great all round food.

Coconut water, which is the fluid inside fresh coconuts, is a refreshing drink, which is great at hydrating after exercise. It has even been used as an emergency intravenous hydration fluid and can be used in emergency blood transfusions.

We've been heading in to Bristol almost from the word go, having had a stall at the lovely Tobacco Factory Sunday Market several times, as well as being at 2 festivals in Bristol. One thing that we kept being asked is when are you coming to Bristol? and where can we buy your stuff in Bristol? Ah, that's two things, but you get the idea.

Well, it's taken us a while longer than planned, largely down to other time pressures and our owntardiness at times, but we're delighted to be announcing our first two Bristol stockists, woohoo!

When making conventional chocolate, it is usual to carry out a process called tempering. This is essentially a process of heating then cooling your liquid chocolate, which changes the structure and properties of the finished product. When making raw chocolate, such as our basic raw chocolate recipe, this tempering stage is usually missed out.

You may have noticed that our triskelion spiral design creeping in more and more to everything we do here at Elements for Life. We've been getting quite a few lovely comments on the new branding that is working its way through all our packaging, this website and market stall. In fact, we've even had people ask if we're selling tops with our design on after seeing Paula and I wearing our hoodies out and about (and between you and me, that's something we're working on).

I thought I'd share with you a bit about why.

What's A Triskelion?