Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters is dedicated to sourcing and roasting some of the world’s finest speciaility coffees from our base in beautiful Aberfeldy in the Scottish Highlands. Set up by Fiona and Jamie Grant in a remote bothy in 2011 the business has gone from strength to strength through a combination of passion, hard work and entrepreurial spirit. This journey has inspired Jamie to travel around Scotland in search of similar stories of people who have taken adventurous leaps into the unknown to follow their dreams.
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Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters is dedicated to sourcing and roasting some of the world’s finest speciaility coffees from our base in beautiful Aberfeldy in the Scottish Highlands. Set up by Fiona and Jamie Grant in a remote bothy in 2011 the business has gone from strength to strength through a combination of passion, hard work and entrepreurial spirit. This journey has inspired Jamie to travel around Scotland in search of similar stories of people who have taken adventurous leaps into the unknown to follow their dreams.
Ali and Frederike Gower’s adventure into the wonderful world of craft chocolate started back in 2005 when they toured music festivals selling their organic bars from their hand built, solar powered geodesic dome. From there Chocolate Tree have pioneered ethically sourced craft chocolate in Scotland by buying their cacao direct from farmers in Central and South America. We’re proud to be one of the Chocolate Tree’s wholesale customers, supplying their 70% organic Peruvian hot chocolate to cafés we work with across the Scottish Highlands.
I visited Ali and Frederike’s factory or ‘atelier’ in East Lothian where their production was in full swing ahead of Christmas. From a modest farm building outside of East Linton, Chocolate Tree are manufacturing a huge variety of ‘bean to bar’ chocolates, from their range of single origin bars to boxes of sumptuous hand-made chocolates that are paired with ingredients such as bramble and cardamom, Blackthorn salt and Aztec spice.
Ali took a break from the production line to talk about his chocolate craft, running a purpose led business and how Frederike and his unique blend of creativity, passion and attention to detail has grown deep roots. Find out more about Chocolate Tree at: https://www.choctree.co.uk
Brewed for Adventure by Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters
Glen Lyon Coffee Roasters is dedicated to sourcing and roasting some of the world’s finest speciaility coffees from our base in beautiful Aberfeldy in the Scottish Highlands. Set up by Fiona and Jamie Grant in a remote bothy in 2011 the business has gone from strength to strength through a combination of passion, hard work and entrepreurial spirit. This journey has inspired Jamie to travel around Scotland in search of similar stories of people who have taken adventurous leaps into the unknown to follow their dreams.
