Salcombe Dairy (South East)
CHOCOLATE SHOP
Welcome to the
Salcombe Dairy (South East) Chocolate Shop
We sell Salcombe Dairy Single Bars
and two types of Gift Box here
Free Shipping on orders over £15
18 different flavours
About Us and Salcombe Dairy Chocolate
Who are we? We're basically one big family of B's! The Boscawens and the Blys, with 250 miles between us. We are Nick and Ginny Boscawen, based here in Kent at our Salcombe Dairy south east office and we co-own Salcombe Dairy with Dan and Lucia Bly who are based in Salcombe, where the amazing bean to bar chocolate, ice creams and sorbets are made. Together, we share the same passion for creating and supplying food made from natural, sustainable ingredients that people love to eat.
How did it start? It was after a trip to Peru in 2017 when Dan and Lucia had headed off to visit cacao plantations that the whole idea of making chocolate in Salcombe changed from a dream into a reality. Up until then, the little factory in Island Street, Salcombe had been known and loved (since 1979) for producing delicious ice creams and sorbets and there we were, branching in to a new and exciting world of bean to bar chocolate production.
How is it made? It starts with organic Peruvian cacao beans which have been roasted to our own specification, then winnowed leaving the cacao nibs behind. The nibs are ground for about 48 hours, sometimes longer, then conched, which involves gently heating the chocolate to reduce the acidity and release the tannins. Finally, it’s down to Kris, our amazing chocolate maker who works to achieve the final shine and snap that we all love in a chocolate bar.
Why is it called The Bar? It was given the name after Lord Tennyson's poem, Crossing the Bar, which refers to the famous and treacherous sand bar that lies at the mouth of the Salcombe estuary.
Why are we selling single bars? It was thanks to Annalisa Barbieri featuring two flavours (Dark with Ginger and Dark Milk Rum and Raisin) in Weekend Guardian Observer Notes on Chocolate December 2020 that led us to setting up our single bar online shop here so people could buy the individual bars of chocolate. Meanwhile, the full range of Five Bar Gift Boxes with varied flavour combinations can be found at www.salcombedairy.co.uk
What about the packaging? The Bar packaging is fully compostable.
Allergens? None in the Dark Chocolate range which is dairy free, and suitable for a vegan diet. (The Milk and White Chocolate contain Milk, the only allergen in our chocolate). All the range is made in Salcombe at our nut-free site, which is also gluten-free, soya free, egg-free and palm oil free too.
Salcombe Dairy Two Bar Offer
£9.20
(£4.95 shipping)
1 x White Chocolate Raspberry
1 x Milk Chocolate Caramel and Sea Salt
Made in Salcombe, Devon
Salcombe Dairy make delicious ice creams and sorbets too
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Contact us
01732 851523
East Peckham, Kent, TN12 5NA United Kingdom
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