We use as much local produce and as many local suppliers as possible. The idea for Brona Chocolate initiated from running our shop, Mr Duffys Traditional sweetshop in Tralee. Though we were stocking Irish chocolate (and there many brilliant Irish chocolatiers) we felt that nobody was producing a large range of bars such as we were having to import from the UK and Europe. So began an incredible jou
rney into research and training, little did I know that chocolate is the most complex compound known to science with over 1500 identified flavour components, compared to 500 in wine. Lets just say I still have a bit to learn (but I've had worse challenges)