Where can I source cocoa?

[PatricksRum]

My nana used to make the best hot cocoa.

She would buy balls of cocoa from Grenada and bring them back with her.

Any idea where I can source any in the UK/ London?

Like this do you mean?
www.cacaoweb.net/cocoa-balls.html

Yes you mean cacao don,t you? (try health food shop, raw food shops) Or online it is more of a specialist ingredient.

Holland and Barrett?

[quote NotaRealLawyer]Like this do you mean?
www.cacaoweb.net/cocoa-balls.html[/quote]
That’s the stuff! I’m sure of it. Remember the balls and cacoa tea being made when I was a kid. Much richer than hot chocolate.

A little off topic but Lidl’s currently have Grenadian and Peruvian fair trade chocolate. As in bars.

www.amazon.co.uk/Grenadian-Premium-Product-Grenada-Caribbean/dp/B07G1H4BJN?tag=mumsnetforu03-21

www.desertcart.co.uk/products/169067830-grenadian-cocoa-cacao-balls-12-oz-premium-product-of-grenada-caribbean

Some cocoa history here and a possible stockist.

www.google.co.uk/amp/www.sunspiceuk.com/bringing-my-cocoa-heritage-from-grenada-to-the-uk/amp

The cocoa factory in Grenada is a great (if sad - was a slave plantation) day out. They still use the same process and equipment that was used by the enslaved.

Amazing.

Thanks everyone! Very informative, @Phoenix21