Small Batch Education

We hold events about chocolate for children and adults in the Cotswolds.

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11/19/2024

The insanely talented who illustrated my book The Chocolate Seed made Holiday illustrations for me. If you need art, she is a genius. Her products are all over Mexico and the world. Reach out to her.

08/06/2023

The two Spencers

08/06/2023

07/23/2023

I just saw a woman named Lisa left The Chocolate Seed a lovely review on the website. If you would like to leave a review, you can do so websites. You can buy the books from them. Thanks all. illustrator. did the editorial design. I’m updating the books by sending out QR code stickers with a video I made showing the chocolate process from tree to bar. If you would like to see the video, DM me your email. The stickers should be here next week for the books.

07/16/2023

07/11/2023

The perfect food to eat with hot chocolate? Tamales. You can see tamales have been accompanying chocolate for a long time in this Mayan Codex. They are circled below the man not sharing his foamy cup of chocolate. Tamales are hard to come by in the UK but makes delicious tamales. Sometimes and I have tamale parties with neighbors at my house.
See the Mayaglphs at the top? Easy to identify is about the Mayans. To look at codex about the Aztecs, the scanned the Codex Mendoza. It’s divided in 3 parts. Rulers. Tributes. Everyday life.

https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00486220/surfaces/e409e81c-aec1-424e-8e0d-fca11445a30b/ #

06/30/2023

Soconusco cacao is well known. Do you know the origin of the word? comes from the Nuahuatl word XOCONOSTLE which is a sour cactus fruit. The Aztecs called the area Xoconochco, meaning ‘Place of sour cactus.” There is a xoconostle in the hands of Thomas, owner of outside of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. They are sour and still put into salsas and puts them in some of their chocolate bars when available. is a great place to learn more.

06/11/2023

Thank you to and for the shout out in The Guardian. The book is available and
And speaking of the Philippine bar, I gift it and use it at dinner parties. Always a favorite.