<a target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/2LCUijR">Enterprise Nation member</a> Brian Watt tells the story of his brand, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sloaneshotchocolate.com/">Sloane's Hot Chocolate</a>.

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The posh hot chocolate brand inspired by the man who brought hot chocolate to Britain

 Brian Watt tells the story of his brand, 

We put more cocoa into our hot chocolate so it actually tastes of chocolate.

We blend, make and pack our unique chocolate beads in our studio in Surrey.

We won the best hot chocolate award from The Sunday Telegraph. and have won several Great Taste awards.

We're inspired by Sir Hans Sloane who tasted cocoa and water in Jamaica and thought it was nauseating so set about making his own recipe adding some milk and sugar.

He brought his milk drinking chocolate to London in 1689 and his recipe soon became popular all over the city in places like Whites of Soho.

We launched our range in 2014 and were soon listed in Waitrose and lots of coffee shops who wanted something different from their sugary powders

.Our biggest achievement was becoming number one in Waitrose premium hot chocolates versus some tough competition from big players like Twinings and Charbonnel.

Our next goal is to launch into two or three export markets.

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