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Artisan Hot Chocolate for Autumn Evenings
Few things capture autumn more completely than a well-crafted artisan hot chocolate.
For me, it is the dark richness of a high-cocoa, silky chocolate, without sprinkles or fuss, the sort of thing you might find in a small Parisian café, meant to be savoured slowly.
These makers approach their craft with care, sourcing, blending, and refining their recipes until the result is something memorable.
Here are the artisan hot chocolates we recommend for evenings when the season calls for comfort.
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Autumn at The Artisan Founder
AN EDITOR’S LETTER
The season has turned, and with it comes the gentle rhythm of gathering. The mornings are cooler now, and the scent of wood smoke lingers in the air.
Under the walnut tree, the harvest has begun, my basket slowly filling with what has quietly ripened through the summer months. Autumn always brings that reassuring reminder to slow down, to savour, and to store away the things that will see us through the darker months…
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Notes from under the walnut tree
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Perhaps it was the day of steady rain, the first sight of elderberries darkening on the hedgerows, or those rosehips I’d spotted last week, but the quiet joy of preserving fruit crept into my thoughts this week.
On a local walk, I came across a tree heavy with cherry plums, their colours catching the light, and their size just right for my littlest foraging basket. That basket now lives on the cool kitchen step, a permanent fixture catching the morning sun while keeping gathered fruit out of the heat…