Matcha Chocolat

Preparations are now underway for the new Christmas range. I’m testing new flavours and getting ready for the chocolatier’s busiest season of the year, but in the meantime I am excited to announce that there’s also two new chocolate selection boxes available!

Our Award Winners Selection showcases an assortment of Matcha Chocolat’s fresh chocolates that have picked up accolades from both the Great Taste Awards and from the Academy of Chocolate.

And the Dark Chocolate Selection which offers an assortment of our ever expanding selection of dark chocolates.

Just a little news to share. As of today we’ve got a few new flavours on the website for you to try out.

Chestnut & Japanese Whiskey – a rich dark chocolate centre with chestnut puree and Yamazaki 10 yr single malt whiskey.

Vanilla Sea Salt Caramel – a gold swirled dome of dark chocolate blended a lightly salted, muscadavo caramel centre infused with Tahitian vanilla.

Rum, Orange & Honey – a milk chocolate ganache blended with rum, orange zest and honey. Dipped in milk chocolate and topped with a of candied citrus peel.

We’ve also given a new look to two of our award winning chocolates.

Exciting news to share! Starting today Matcha Chocolat will be available at the confectionery counter at Gatineau, an artisan patisserie based in Summertown, North Oxford. Gatineau will be stocking 10 unique flavours from Matcha Chocolat’s line of fresh chocolates including a few new flavours such as Chestnut & Japanese Whiskey; Orange, Rum & Honey; and Vanilla Sea Salt Caramels. There will also be 2 varieties of chocolate mendiant (chocolate disks covered in fruit and nuts), an assortment of flavoured chocolate slabs, and more to come for sure….

It’s been an exciting weekend for artisan food producers across the UK, since just last Friday the results for the 2011 Great Taste Awards (GTA) were announced! The GTA is the most trusted and recognized artisan food awards scheme in the UK, so I’m thrilled to be able to share with you that this year Matcha Chocolat picked up a grand total of 6 prestigious Gold Star awards.

Matcha Chocolat has been presented with a two Gold Star award for its Rosemary, Raisin & Walnut chocolate and 5 one Gold Star awards for its Pink Grapefruit, Cardamom & Banana, Jasmine Pearls, Masala Chai Caramel and Vietnamese Cinnamon chocolates; making Matcha Chocolat the most awarded chocolatier within the combined chocolate categories of truffles and filled chocolates for the 2011 GTA!!

So here are the new award winners to tempt your taste buds this summer.

This summer we’re offering a FREE Gift Box of our best selling Jasmine Chocolates (value £5.95) with all Online orders of £30 or more.

This Free Gift of our two star Great Taste Award winning Jasmine chocolates is available from Friday, July 1st thru Wednesday, August 31st.

JASMINE SILVER NEEDLES

Description

Jasmine Silver Needles – Two star Great Taste Award winning chocolate comprised of a white chocolate dome of white chocolate ganache infused with Jasmine tea- one of the most well known Chinese teas. Each box contains four giant Jasmine Silver Needles chocolates in a Matcha Chocolat branded box.