We have been working with Austrian chocolate makers - Zotter Schokoladen - since Autumn 2008.
Zotter are famed for their unusual flavoured chocolate bars, and are Europe's only Organic and Fairtrade Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Manufacturer.
We retail a range of Zotter chocolate bars and drinking chocolates both in our Ramsbottom store and online. We also use a range of Zotter basic couverture to make several of our chocolates, cakes and savoury chocolate dishes in our café.
The company is the brainchild of renowned chef and confectioner Josef Zotter. The Zotter Chocolate Factory is located on Josef's parents farm in Riegersburg, Bergl. Complete with a Chocolate Theatre and Cocoa Cinema the factory is a major tourist destination, attracting over 140,000 visitors annually. For more info and to book a visit http://www.zotter.at/en/chocolatetheatre/chocolatetheatre.html
A few Zotter Facts:
- Zotter employs around 100 people (mainly women from the surrounding region)
- Zotter processes 250 tons of Organic & Fairtrade Cocoa a year from Nicaragua, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Panama, Bolivia and Brazil every year
- 160 tons of sugar from Paraguay, one million litres of milk from organic mountain farmers in Tyrol and 1200 kilos of genuine vanilla are also used
- In 2006 Josef Zotter is presented with EUROCHOCOLATE AWARD in Perugia, Italy for the best European chocolate manufacturer
Zotter's new Autumn range is released in early August and will be available to buy in store or online at www.chocolate-cafe.co.uk
We love the quality and ethics of Zotter Chocolate and we are proud to be one of their premium UK retailers