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What is Shokoladi Malvern?

Shokoladi is the Georgian word for chocolate. I am originally from Georgia, where I lived in a small town called Signagi. It has beautiful views on the Caucasus mountains and the Alazani Valley.

Now I live in Malvern, Worcestershire. I love Malvern, its hills, fresh air and the people who are always very friendly.  So that’s why the name, Shokoladi Malvern.

A friend of mine commented once, that Malvern is known for its clear waters, fresh hills air and now (hopefully) it will get known for its good Chocolate too.

Irma Goderdzishvili of Shokoladi Malvern
Favour boxes, Shokoladi Malvern. Wedding chocolates, dairy free chocolates

Why We Started

I am a real chocoholic!

I love dark chocolate. Craft Dark chocolate tastes of real cacao beans with different notes (depends on its origin, sun, drying, roasting etc… ). Most shop bought chocolates contain mostly sugar, very little cacao, and have a long list of ingredients of very unnecessary additives. Basically it’s not good!

Real dark chocolate is full of antioxidants, iron, magnesium and in fact it is good for you. I use only 2 ingredients cacao nibs plus raw sugar. No lecithins (sunflower nor soya) is added to my chocolate. It’s fluid and smooth as it is.

I wanted to create a pureness with my chocolate. Be known as the Chocolate that is good. Free from lecithins, veg fats and is truly delicious.

What We Make

Shokoladi Malvern makes (mainly) dark chocolate from the finest fair trade and organic cacao beans and nibs.

Our chocolate is dairy free , 100% plant based.

The mass has no soya, palm oil and refined sugar, however in the bonbons or some enrobed treats at times I use bought ingredients like Biscoff for example, which does have palm oil plus soya plus gluten. I will always mention this on the product page though.

Shokoladi uses as much health boosting ingredients as possible (seeds, nuts, freeze dried fruit, buckwheat  etc…). It has little, unrefined organic sugar in the chocolate bonbons and the nut pralines are made with home made nut butters, caramelised raw sugar and maple syrup or agave.

We focus on quality, not quantity with our chocolates. Choosing to make less batches of chocolate each week so that each order is made to the highest standard with a personalised approach. This unfortunately does mean we have less stock on hand but you know it will be the freshest chocolate possible.

Valentines Bonbon box
Shokoladi Malvern Packing the Chocolate

Why We Are Different

There are not many chocolate makers in the world. There are many chocolatiers, who make chocolate from bought chocolate and make them into truffles, bars etc… but they do not make their actual chocolate. We do! This is very important to us.

Chocolate making is hard work, and that is why, you will find more bean to bar chocolates in a shop or online, but not bean to bonbons / box. It is easier to make bars, than individual small, filled chocolates. We make our own chocolate, nut butters, bars, filled bars and individual bon bons (pralines and Vegan Ganaches).

We do offer craft chocolate and it is completely different from what you can buy in shops. It’s pure, melts slowly on your tongue and doesn’t leave the waxy feel in your mouth.

If you would like to order, please place an order by Sunday latest and your chocolates will be made and despatched on Wednesday.

I really love to hear your feedback and Google 5 star reviews are very much appreciated. If you have time, I would be extremely grateful to receive.

Our Process

To make one batch of chocolate in a grinder takes 72 hrs. Roasted cacao nibs are added on day one and day two sugar is added. Day 3 we have smooth beautiful chocolate which needs to mature then to develop the best flavour notes (4 weeks min) then the slabs are brought out and made into different flavour bonbons or bean to bars with different fruits, seeds, nuts.

No heavy machines are used. Whatever can be made by hand is made by hand and for transport – I use my Micro Scooter (not electric) to send out our chocolates, rather than a car.

Make me happy bars
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