> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://thechocolatelife.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Interview/Tasting: Ali & Friederike Gower, Chocolate Tree | #PodSaveChocolate Ep 118 - URL: https://thechocolatelife.com/interview-tasting-ali-gower-chocolate-tree-podsavechocolate-ep-118/ - Published: 2025-05-07T20:28:04.000Z - Updated: 2025-05-09T20:06:41.000Z - Description: May is Tasting Month on PodSaveChocolate, with at least five episodes featuring tastings – most of them with interviews with makers. Episode 118 is dedicated to an interview and tasting with Ali and Friederike Gower of Chocolate Tree in Scotland. [ Updated ] - Author: Clay Gordon - Tags: PodSaveChocolate, Live Stream **When and Where to Watch** πŸ—“οΈ This stream begins at the regular time 11:00 am ****PDT/MST** (12:00 am MDT, 1:00 pm CDT, 2:00 pm EDT), on Friday, May 9th, 2025. 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[Watch this episode on Facebook ](https://fb.me/e/7Lq1Ki38Y?ref=thechocolatelife.com) --- ## **Episode 118** I am not certain when precisely I first met Alastair (Ali) Gower and Friederike face-to-face, but my best memory is that it could have been at a London Chocolate Show (at Olympia, but maybe earlier when the show was held at Covent Garden). I know that I have spent time with them at Chocoa in Amsterdam. Ali recently reached out to me concerning a topic that is near and dear to him, which is how some companies that are calling themselves craft chocolate makers or confectioners are not *actually* craft chocolate makers or confectioners. > This episode will not include any lengthy discussion of definitions, but that topic does segue nicely into a discussion of the history of Chocolate Tree (they were founded in 2005 – very early on in the bean-to-bar/craft movement). How the company has presented itself and represented its work is instructive to specialty craft chocolate makers everywhere. [Organic Scottish Craft Chocolate | Chocolate TreeOrganic Scottish craft chocolate, single origin bean to bar and flavoured bars, baking, vegan and hot chocolate. We make all our chocolate in house from bean to bar at our factory on a farm in sunny East Lothian, Scotland, sourcing heirloom organic cacao from smallholder farms in Central and South America.![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/icon/cropped-site-icon-1-340x340-1.png)Chocolate Tree![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/thumbnail/flowerslider-1.jpg)](https://www.choctree.co.uk/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) ![](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/05/EastLothianMapv2.jpg) The approximate location of Chocolate Tree. In this episode, Ali and I will also be tasting six bars – this is my *proposed* tasting order but that may change before the stream goes live: 1. 85% Porcelana (bean origin: Venezuela) 2. 40% Hazelnut Gianduia (bean origin: Colombia) 3. 60% Dark Milk (bean origin: PerΓΊ) 4. 100% (bean origin: Guatemala, sweetened with cacao fruit sugar) 5. 70% Whisky Nibs: (bean origin: PerΓΊ) 6. 70% Aztec Spice (bean origin: Mexico) ****Shop Chocolate Tree in the uS** [![CTA Image](https://thechocolatelife.com/content/images/2025/05/ChocolateDispensary-Large.jpeg)](https://www.chocolatedispensary.com/collections/the-chocolate-tree?ref=thechocolatelife.com) ****The Chocolate Dispensary** (Los Angeles). Chocolate Tree will also ship internationally. Orders can also be placed through [Cocoa Runners](https://cocoarunners.com/maker/chocolate-tree/?ref=thechocolatelife.com). [Chocolate Tree page on The Chocolate Dispensary ](https://www.chocolatedispensary.com/collections/the-chocolate-tree?ref=thechocolatelife.com) --- ### **Questions?** If you have questions or want to comment, you can do so during the episode or, if you are a ChocolateLife member, you can add them in the Comments below at ***any*** time. --- ### **Episode Hashtags and Socials** On Instagram: [Chocolate Tree Scotland](https://www.instagram.com/choctreescotland/?ref=thechocolatelife.com) #cocoa #cacao #cacau #chocolate #chocolat #craftchocolate #PodSaveChoc #PSC #LaVidaCocoa #TheChocolateLife --- ### **Future Episodes** πŸ—“οΈ Ep 119 – Tuesday, May 13th This episode will be pre-recorded because of a 15-hour time difference Interview and Tasting – Warren Hsu, Fu Wan (Taiwan) πŸ—“οΈ Ep 120 – Friday, May 16th This episode will be pre-recorded because of a 14-hour time difference Interview and Tasting – Neil Ransome, Siamaya (Thailand) πŸ—“οΈ Ep 121 – Tuesday, May 20th May News & AMA πŸ—“οΈ Ep 122 – Friday, May 23rd Topic TBD πŸ—“οΈ Ep 123 – Tuesday, May 27th Interview and Tasting – BaianΓ­ Chocolat (Brazil) --- ### **#PodSaveChocolate and #TheChocolateLifeLIVE Archives** **To read an archived post** and find the links to watch archived episodes, click on one of the bookmark cards below. 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