On Thursday last week, the team completed their first roast of 10kg under the guidance of Sam at Eightthirty – Sam loves the concept. He mentioned it is very personal to him as he was knocked off his bike as a nine-year-old. After the accident Sam had to learn how to walk and talk again over a number of years, he says he still has issues from this traumatic head injury.
While Whittaker’s has to date sourced only Ghanaian cocoa beans to make its chocolate, it is now supplementing this with cocoa beans that meet its quality and ethical standards from other parts of Africa. Whittaker’s Chocolate Lovers will see changes to its packaging to reflect the cocoa origin change from next month.