Time to say thanks, or, merci beaucoup

This week we start with a quick quiz question: Which country meets all the below criteria?

• Celebrates Thanksgiving,
• Invented the following games:
  • Trivial Pursuit,
  • Lacrosse,
  • Basketball,
  • Yahtzee,
  • Pictionary,
• Has the following geographical distinctions:
  • Is the world’s second largest country in terms of landmass,
  • Borders only one other country,
  • Has the world’s longest coastline, and more than half of the world’s lakes.

Here is a hint: This year, this country celebrates Thanksgiving on the 9th October (not the third Thursday in November like in another country).

The answer is CANADA!

Canada is also AWESOME for craft chocolate. Any list of the world’s greatest craft chocolate makers will include the likes of Qantu, Sirene, DesBarres, SOMA, Hummingbird, and Palette du Bine (and some more we are looking forward to introducing).

Not bad for a population of ‘only’ 38 million. And a country a LONG way from any cocoa farms.

Quite why Canadians make such great craft chocolate makers is an interesting question. Asking Max, Elfi, Taylor, Ariane, Erik, Cynthia, David, or Christine (the makers of the above companies) always results in a laconic, and typically modest; “do you really think so? We’re not really sure”.

Maybe this is part of the answer. All of these makers are both humble and always seeking to improve. But this is true of many craft chocolate makers (and this is another reason why makers are so great to be around).

To celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving we’ve built out a box of AMAZING Canadian craft chocolate. If you bought the bars individually the price would be £27.85, to celebrate Thanksgiving the box is priced at £24.95.

To all Canadians out there; Happy Thanksgiving! And thanks for some amazing chocolate!