News — carbonised vs acacia

If you are trying to work out how to choose between carbonised bamboo and acacia chopping boards, you are already ahead of most home cooks. Both are excellent choices, both look beautiful on the worktop and both can last for years if you treat them well. The trick is matching the right board to the way you actually cook. What is carbonised bamboo and how is it different? Natural bamboo is pale and lightly striped. Carbonised bamboo is bamboo that has been gently heated so the natural sugars caramelise, giving it that deeper honey to coffee colour. It is still...

If you cook a lot of chicken, beef or pork at home, you already know one thing: your chopping board choice really matters. Raw meat is unforgiving. It brings juices, bacteria and plenty of scrubbing. So when it comes to carbonised bamboo vs acacia: which wins for raw meat cutting? What actually is carbonised bamboo? Let’s clear this up first, because it sounds like something from a science lab. Carbonised bamboo is simply natural bamboo that has been heat treated. That high heat caramelises the natural sugars in the bamboo, turning it a beautiful warm brown and giving it a...