Unlike Cadbury World this place gives you unlimited samples to taste. Everyone is issued a porcelain spoon to catch liquid samples. It is a fair trade company so the farmers in South America get a fair deal for their cocoa beans that are raised without pesticides and chemicals. And the products produced are on the expensive side.
It was a tasty trip.
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| Cocoa beans- we were given the opportunity to break open and taste the bean of several types. I found them surprisingly tasty. |
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| a view into one of the experimental laboratory kitchens |
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| All the beans have to be sterilized |
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| Boxes ready to fill |
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| Don't know what it is but it sure tastes wonderful |
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| Cocoa butter tank |
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| This was on the nasty side- as it hadn't yet been sweetened. |
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| Do you see the porcelain spoon she is catching the sample in? We were each loaned one. |
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| This was one of the spices we could smell then guess what it was. |
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| In the "milk" room there were dozens of samples to add to our warm milk. |
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| my hot milk being poured |
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| Now just add the chocolate |
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| didn't taste this one, I had just tasted one that was so gross!! It made me chicken to try the fish. |
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| the spread the chocolate out on tables, hand spread it, then let it dry. |
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| Lots of flavours/flavors to choose from |
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| Peanuts and Ketchup! |
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| The Best Papa in the World! I've been told that no papa's died to flavor this chocolate, it is milk chocolate with a gift label. |
Wow,seriously like willy wonka! Equipped with tasting stations and a cocoa butter swirly fountain. Thanks for sharing your field trip!
ReplyDeleteThis trip turned out more expensive than I imagined. A 70 euro speeding ticket arrived recently. A speed camera caught me speeding to the chocolate tour. Oops! Guess I'll have to hit the breaks next time the posted speed changes, instead of slowing decelerating.
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