MEET THE CHOCOLATE WIZARD
How does chocolate taste when it’s made from just sugar and cocoa beans? Gareth May visits a bean-to-bar chocolate maker in Cornwall to find out
Mike Longman, founder of Chocolarder near Penryn, Cornwall, has the palate of a veteran chocolatier, despite being just 30 years old. He also has the untidy workshop of a mad professor: the walls are stained with liquid cocoa and all manner of machines lurk in the shadows. It’s less Willy Wonka, more Mad Max.