Writing
The journal
Notes on craft, storage and tasting, written in the workshop between batches. Nothing here is a sales pitch; most of it is what we would tell you across the counter if you had twenty minutes.
Why We Still Pull Candy by Hand
What pulling actually does to sugar, why the surface changes colour, and how to tell a pulled lollipop from a poured one in about four seconds.
Read the article →Reading a Lollipop: What Colour, Layers and Bubbles Tell You
Before you taste anything, a lollipop has already told you how it was made. A short guide to the things worth looking at, and the ones that mean nothing at all.
Read the article →Keeping Handmade Candy Clear: A Practical Guide to Storage
Humidity is the enemy, heat is the accomplice, and the freezer is a myth. How to store hard candy so it stays crisp and clear for weeks.
Read the article →How to Host a Candy Tasting for Adults
A four-step plan for tasting six candies without wrecking your palate in the first two minutes. Includes a printable order of play and pairing ideas.
Read the article →Something you would like explained?
Ask, and we will write it up.
Most of the articles here started as a question from a customer — why the candy went sticky in August, whether the honeycomb pattern is painted on (it is not), how to serve six lollipops to eight people without an argument.
Next batch
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We take requests by email rather than through a shopping cart, because every batch is planned by hand. Send us a note and we will confirm flavours, quantity, price and a pick-up or shipping date.