Spencer Cocoa Australian-made single origin chocolate

Spencer Cocoa is Australian made, bean-to-bar chocolate produced by Luke & Thea Spencer and a small team dedicated to quality and integrity.

“Our chocolate is made from cocoa beans grown by a small group of farming families on the island of Malekula, Vanuatu. We have worked with these growers for over 10 years now and their cocoa is excellent! Here in Mudgee, we roast, grind, conch and temper the cocoa into lively and beautiful chocolate.”

Enjoy.

Luke Spencer - chocolate maker

In the spirit of reconciliation Spencer Cocoa acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community.

We pay our respect to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.

Spring cocoa harvest 2014... off to Vanuatu next week!

October 02, 2014  /  Luke Spencer

Cocoa grower Aisen Samuel (right) with his sons..

Cocoa grower Aisen Samuel (right) with his sons..

Cocoa trees produce two crops per year, one from April-June (Autumn) and the second, smaller Spring crop, over September-November.

We source our beans from Malekula (Vanuatu), visiting twice a year to catch up with the growers and buy new-season cocoa beans... in fact we're heading back next week for the Spring harvest!

Single-plantation chocolate is a bit like wine made from a single vineyard… expressing a flavour and aroma unique to the soil and climate of where the cocoa beans are grown... and season to season there are differences too!

Autumn 2014 beans just about out... 

Autumn 2014 beans just about out... 

So if you've tasted our chocolate before, be sure to try it again with the next batch of beans! It won't be the exactly the same... ever!

But that's the beauty of single-plantation chocolate!

Enjoy!

Luke

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