USuku lweChocolate lweHlabathi - olubhiyozelwa nge-7 kaJulayi - lusenza enye yezinto ezithandwa kakhulu kwihlabathi kwaye iphawula ukwaziswa kwetshokholethi eYurophu ngo-1550. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, itshokholethi yayisaziwa kuphela ngabemi bomthonyama baseMexico kunye neendawo zombindi kunye noMzantsi Melika.

Njengokuba siyithanda itshokolethi, kuyafaneleka ukukhumbula ukuba ihlala iqulethe izithako eziyingxaki, ezifana neoli yesundu, enye yezona zinto zinegalelo elikhulu ekugawulweni kwamahlathi, kunye ne-cocoa, elishishini elizaliswe bubukhoboka banamhlanje (ngo-2015, uphando lufunyenwe. ukuba ngaphezulu kwe-2.26 yezigidi zabantwana bebesebenza kwiifama zekoko eGhana naseCôtes d'Ivoire) kwaye ihlala ipakishwe ngokwemigangatho yeplastiki engaphinda isetyenziswe kunye nefoyile.

Iindaba ezilungileyo kukuba ezininzi iimpawu zitshintsha indlela esicinga ngayo ngokuthenga i-tshokoleta kunye nokuzisa imiba ehambelana nayo, njengabasebenzi bekhoboka, phambili kwincoko.

I-Tony's Chocolonely luphawu olukhokela ngomzekelo.Yabelana ngokuphandle ngeenkcukacha zekhonkco layo lokubonelela kwaye ihlawula amafama umvuzo wokuphila ohambelana nobukhulu beefama kunye neentsapho zabo - oku kudibanisa "iprimiyamu kaTony" kunye nexabiso leFairtrade.Ikwakumsebenzi wokwenza ishishini letshokholethi libe li-100 ekhulwini lamakhoboka.

Kwelinye icala le-spectrum yi-conglomerate ye-Nestlé.Ukusukela ngo-Okthobha, i-KitKats e-UK nase-Ireland ayisayi kuba yi-Fairtrade, kuba i-confectioner iyahlukana kwi-Fairtrade Foundation, eqinisekisa iimveliso kunye nezithako ezihlangabezana nemigangatho kwaye zihlawule amafama ngokufanelekileyo, ngokuthanda inkqubo yokugcinwa kwe-cocoa, i-Cocoa Plan. , iqinisekiswe yi-Rainforest Alliance.

Oku kuyingozi kakhulu kumafama ekoko kunye neswekile kwihlabathi jikelele abaxhomekeke kwixabiso eliphantsi leFairtrade njengenethi yokhuseleko ukuxhasa abo basezantsi kwikhonkco lonikezelo.Kuqikelelwa ukuba i-27,000 yaba banini bancinci baya kuphoswa kwiprimiyamu yonyaka exabisa i-£ 1.6m.

Ngokwemigaqo yeFairtrade, amafama ekoko afumana ixabiso eliphantsi elimalunga ne-£1,900 ngetoni nganye kwiimbotyi zekoko ezithengisiweyo.Phantsi kweSicwangciso seCocoa esitsha sikaNestlé, amafama aya kufumana intlawulo eyi-£47.80 nje ngetoni nganye, ixabiso elibekwe yiRainforest Alliance.

I-Nestlé asiyiyo yodwa ibhrendi eya kude ne-Fairtrade, i-Mondelez yalahla ilogo ye-Fairtrade kwi-Cadbury's Dairy Milk bar yayo ngo-2016 xa yayikhethe eyakhe iskimu soBomi be-Cocoa, kwaye i-Green and Blacks yasungula uhlelo olungeyo-Fairtrade ngo-2017.

Ngaphambi kokuba ulahle itshokolethi yonke kunye, usenako ukuyonwabela le nto imnandi.Kufanelekile ukuqwalasela iindlela ezizezinye kwezi ndibano zinkulu.Uninzi lweempawu ezincinci, ezizimeleyo ngoku zihamba phambili kuneFairtrade;ukusebenza ukutshintsha inkqubo ukusuka ngaphakathi.Ngelixa ungahlawula iprimiyamu, itshokholethi emva kwayo yonke into yobunewunewu ekufuneka siyihlawule ngexabiso elifanelekileyo.

Nokuba lubisi, kumnyama okanye kumhlophe, nantsi isikhokelo sakho sokukunceda ukhethe zonke izinto ze-choco namhlanje kwaye rhoqo.USuku lweTshokholethi lweHlabathi oluvuyisayo!

Unokuyithemba imijikelezo yethu ezimeleyo.Singafumana ikhomishini kwabanye babathengisi, kodwa asisoze sikuvumele oku ukuba kuphembelele ukhetho.Le ngeniso isinceda ukuba sixhase ubuntatheli kwi-Independent.

Uluhlu lukaTony's Chocolonely lwetshokholethi yevegan yenye yezona zinto zibalaseleyo, hayi ngenxa yencasa yayo, kodwa kunye neendlela zayo zokuziphatha.I-brand raison d'être kukwenza ishishini letshokholethi libe li-100 ekhulwini ngalinye simahla.Isebenza ngokuthe ngqo namafama kwaye ityale imali kookopolotyeni basezifama, kwaye ihlawula iipremiyamu ezongezelelweyo ngaphezulu kwamaxabiso e-Fairtrade – ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezilithoba zexabiso lemveliso libuyela kumafama e-cooca.Ukumela ukungalingani ngaphakathi kwishishini letshokolethi, imivalo kaTony yahlulwe yangamacandelo angalinganiyo.Iincasa ezinikezelwayo zilungile ngokulinganayo, ukusuka kwitshokholethi yobisi ukuya kumnyama kunye nepretzel yetshokholethi yobisi.

Inconywe kakhulu kwi-IndyBest yophononongo lweyona bhokisi ilungileyo yokubhalisela itshokolethi, iCocoa Runners yibhokisi yenyanga yabathandi betshokholethi.Khetha ukufumana itshokholethi emnyama kuphela, itshokholethi yobisi kuphela, umxube wobumnyama nobisi, okanye i-100 pesenti yecocoa kuphela.Ibhokisi nganye iqulathe iibha ezine ezizeleyo zodwa, kwaye uyakhuthazwa ukuba uzizame ngapha nangapha ukuthelekisa iincasa, njengokuba ubuya kwenza ngexesha lokungcamla iwayini.Le yindlela entle yokufumanisa phantsi kweradar, itshokolethi ekumgangatho ophezulu kwihlabathi liphela.

Njengoko iCocoa Runners ikhupha itshokolethi yayo kuluhlu lwabenzi betshokholethi yamagcisa, yahluke kancinane kwabanye kulo mjikelo.Ngelixa enye itshokholethi iqinisekisiwe ngeFairtrade, uninzi lweebhari ezibonisiweyo zihamba kakuhle ngaphaya kweFairtrade.Amagcisa amaninzi echocolatiers afumana iimbotyi zekoko ngokuthe ngqo kumafama kunye nookopolotyeni bamafama, besika umntu ophakathi kunye nokuqinisekisa ukuba iimbotyi zihlawulelwa ngexabiso eliphezulu kakhulu (ngaphezu kweprimiyamu yeFairtrade).

Ukusukela ngoFebruwari, iMontezuma isebenzise ukupakishwa kwe-eco-friendly-kubandakanya ii-inki ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe, izinto ezincamathelayo, izitikha, kunye neteyiphu.Iimveliso zetshokholethi ezithengiswa kakhulu kwi-brand ngoku ziza nge-100 leepesenti leepesenti lokupakishwa kwamaphepha kunye namakhadi, zisusa iiplastiki ezenziwe ngesinyithi ezisetyenziselwa ukusonga ii-confectionery.

I-brand yi-Social Association Organic eqinisekisiweyo, kwaye ngelixa ingekho i-Fairtrade eqinisekisiweyo, i-Montezuma izinikele kwimveliso ye-cocoa ezinzileyo kunye nemfundo yomfama kunye notyalo-mali kwiindawo zasekuhlaleni.IProjekthi yokuXhobisa ngokutya – umbutho ongenzi nzuzo ozinikele ekudaleni ihlabathi elinobulungisa nelizinzileyo ngokuqaphela amandla okhetho lokutya komntu – icebisa ngokukhululekileyo olu phawu njengoko luselubala malunga nelizwe elikhupha kulo iimbotyi zekoko;iimbotyi azithathwa kwiindawo apho ukusetyenziswa kwabantwana kunye nobukhoboka buxhaphakile;kwaye uphawu luhamba ngaphezulu nangaphezulu ukuxhasa abasebenzi kunye neentsapho zabo.

Uluhlu lulonke - ukusuka kwialmondi yealmondi yobisi yobisi kunye neebhatterscotch ukuya kumaqhosha amakhulu etshokholethi yobisi yobisi kunye nemivalo yevegan - imnandi ngokwenene.

Iyaziwa ngoluhlu lwayo lwendalo olungenayo i-gluten-free, i-dairy-free, kunye ne-vegan indulgent treats, i-Livia's ibonelela ngobuninzi bokuphatheka okumnandi kwi-vegans kunye ne-non-vegans ngokufanayo.I-brand yenza amanyathelo azinzileyo aqinisekileyo - akukho oli yesundu isetyenziswa kuyo nayiphi na imveliso yalo, kwaye ikwiphulo lokunciphisa iplastiki ekupakishweni kwayo.Njengoko imile, isanda kutshintsha iplastiki ekusebenziseni iitreyi zeplastiki yayisa kwitreyi engagqunywanga kwenye yeemveliso zayo, inciphisa ukusetyenziswa kwayo kweplastiki ngonyaka ngeetoni ezintathu.Enkosi kwincasa enkulu yezi chocolate brownie nugglets, uya kuxolelwa ngokucinga ukuba azizange zisekelwe kwisityalo.Ukuba awuqinisekanga ukuba ufuna ukuthenga ibhokisi yonke yesithoba, ungathenga ipakethe enye eHolland & Barrett nge99p.

Ukuba ujonge umsebenzi wakho wosuku lwemvula, okanye abantwana bakho ngokwenene, le khithi yokwenza itruffle litikiti nje.Iza nayo yonke into oyidingayo ukwenza ii-truffles ezingama-30, kubandakanya nesikhokelo senyathelo nenyathelo kunye nebhegi yesipho kunye neribhoni xa ukhetha ukuyinika isipho.ICocoa Loco ikwayiFairtrade kunye neSoil Association eqinisekisiweyo, kunye noluhlu lweemveliso ezingenazo iplastiki, ngoko ke yenzela indalo yayo.

I-Divine Chocolate ikhuthaze amafama ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20.Into eyahlulayo kwezinye, kukuba iphantsi kwenkampani yaseBritane kunye neKuapa Kokoo – umasibambisane waseGhanian owenziwe ngamafama angama-85,000.Amafama afumana umyalelo welizwi elinamandla, kwaye uphawu lwenze ikhonkco lokubonelela olwabelana ngexabiso ngokulinganayo.Ngelixa i-Fairtrade iqinisekisiwe, ihamba ngaphezulu nangaphaya kuluhlu lwamanyathelo okuqala - kubandakanya, ukuxhobisa abasetyhini ngokukhuthaza kunye nokukhankanya.

I-chocolatier ayisebenzisi ioli yesundu kuyo nayiphi na imveliso yayo kwaye i-Certified B-Corporation - ithetha ukuba ihlangabezana nemigangatho ephezulu yokusebenza kwentlalo kunye nokusingqongileyo, ukungafihli koluntu, kunye nokuphendula ngokusemthethweni ukulinganisa inzuzo kunye nenjongo.

Iimveliso zayo zetshokolethi zilungile kakhulu, nazo.Ukusuka kwitshokholethi emnyama yeminti thins (iDivine Chocolate, £4.50) ukuya kwitshokholethi yayo emnyama egudileyo enetyuwa epinki yeHimalayan (iDivine Chocolate, £2.39) yokwabelana ngemivalo.

Ngento eyonakele ngokwenene, kufuneka ibe ngulo matshini wetshokholethi eshushu wasekhaya yiHotele Chocolat.Yenziwe ngeeflakes zetshokholethi ezigruthiweyo zokwenyani kwimizuzu nje emibini enesiqingatha, akusayi kufuneka ube likhoboka phezu kwesitovu esishushu, okanye usele itshokolethi eshushu ephakathi.Okuqukiweyo yi-10 yetshokholethi eshushu eyodwa esebenza kumxube weencasa, iikomityi ezimbini zeceramic ezixabisa i-£15, kunye nesiqinisekiso sonyaka omnye.

Ngelishwa iHotele Chocolat ayifanelanga ukufumana isatifikethi se-Fairtrade kuba yeyenkampani kunokuba ibe yindawo encinci.Ngoko ke, iye yaphuhlisa inkqubo “yeenqobo ezisesikweni” ukuqinisekisa ukuba amafama ayo ayakhathalelwa – kuquka intlawulo efanelekileyo engaphezulu kwexabiso langoku leFairtrade, nokondla, ukunxibisa nokufundisa amafama neentsapho zawo.

Uphononongo lwemveliso ye-IndyBest alukhethi, iingcebiso ezizimeleyo onokuthi uzithembe.Ngamanye amaxesha, sifumana ingeniso ukuba ucofa amakhonkco kwaye uthenge iimveliso, kodwa asisoze sikuvumele oku ukuba kuthatyathelwé icala lethu.Uphononongo luqulunqwe ngomxube woluvo lweengcali kunye novavanyo lwehlabathi lokwenyani.

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