Beech’s Dark Chocolate Mint Thins - 150g

In Britain the after-dinner mint is part of the furniture. It turns up with the coffee, on a saucer, at the end of Sunday lunch, at a dinner party, at your nan's when the good cups came out. Dark chocolate mint thins are the grown-up end of that tradition: neat, a little bit posh, and gone faster than anyone expected.

People in Canada tend to come looking for them after hosting a meal. The food was right, the company was right, and the ending had a small mint-shaped gap in it. Beech's fills that gap the way you remember.

The 150g pack is a proper amount for passing round after a meal, with a few left for the person doing the washing up. Keep them in a cool, dry cupboard, away from the oven and the sunny windowsill, because dark chocolate does not enjoy a warm kitchen. They also make a tidy thing to bring when you are the guest.

Beech's is best known at home for its chocolate creams and peppermint creams, the old-fashioned boxed sort. With the thins, people usually pick up a good British tea or coffee, since a mint without a cup feels slightly unfinished.