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Look out for us in Oxford on March 24th and 25th and Bristol on April 7th and 8th

Lawrence Vaughan of Lava Lens has made a short video of the chocolate making process at Red Star. The bad news is that Duffy features; the good news is that the soundtrack is by Rico Rodriguez. One of these people … Continue reading →

Unfortunately as a micro-producer of chocolate working with the very finest cocoa beans I cannot achieve the economies of scale that I had hoped for when I started the business 2 years ago. In order to keep the quality at … Continue reading →

Duffy’s Panama Tierra Oscura 72% has recently been launched and is already garnering good reviews. We managed to buy – direct from the farmers – the whole crop of cocoa from the small Bocas del Toro island. This sounds impressive … Continue reading →

Whenever we attend food and chocolate fairs we see people peering at the back of the label to ask whether it contains various things. Usually this is gluten (none in it) or dairy (only in the milk) but occasionally we … Continue reading →

Duffy collecting the “Golden Bean” trophy for his Honduras Indio Rojo – voted the best bean-to-bar entry in the 2011 Academy of Chocolate Awards, jointly with Amadei #9. Apart from the top overall award Duffy also received a Bronze Award … Continue reading →

Reviews of Red Star Chocolate can be found on “Chocolate Reviews”. Corazon Del Ecuador Milk Chocolate Review can be found here 72% Ecuador Dark Chocolate Review can be found here

Duffy’s Heart of Panama 70% Review on “chocablog” can be found here

Real Food Festival, Earls Court – May 7th to 10th 2010. Launch of Duffy’s chocolate in London.

www.seventypercent.com reviewed the factory