London - October 05, 2005

Sugar High

The Chocolate Trading Company

Fancy living the high life but don’t have the cash to get up there?

If you are indeed what you eat, you can start by upgrading your daily chocolate bar.

The Chocolate Trading Company sells seriously jet-set chocolate made with A-list contents selected by highly trained connoisseurs who search the world for the finest brands, including Valhrona (hard to find in supermarkets and favoured by chefs on the telly).

The recipe section on the site will have you perfecting chocolate risotto in no time. The handy glossary will explain the subtleties of ‘conching’, ‘dutching’, ‘enrobing’ and ‘tempering’. Should you just want to eat the stuff, you’ll find plenty to gorge on: spreads, truffles, drinking flakes and massive hampers for chocaholics.

The coolest product may be the chocolate salami. The ‘meat’ is made with rich, sliceable chocolate; the ‘fat’ with Piedmont hazelnuts and almonds — super classy and a little slice of genius.

Okay. So it’s not a fat stately with a crunchy gravel drive. And it’s hardly a Cessna Citation.

But who needs a PJ when you can get such good taste delivered to your door?

Available at chocolatetradingco.com.