点评:We booked the VIP tour, which included a walk around the farm and tasting. It lasted just under 2 hours. There were seven people total in the group on this tour. The driving directions to the farm were easy to follow and we had a beautiful sunny day. We understand it can be very rainy at the farm, so we were lucky.
The owner (Mike) met us in the parking lot. The farm is small and slightly hilly. The tour started within the trees and Mike was very knowledgeable and friendly. After learning about the growing process, we walked over to a covered patio for a tasting of five types of dark chocolates. We also got to taste brewed "chocolate" tea, which was very interesting. We learned the proper way to taste and evaluate the chocolates, which was sort of goofy, but fun.
Then we all got in our cars to drive to their retail store and chocolate factory (which was only around 5-7 minutes away but involved several turns). We followed another guest who claimed to know where they were going but they drove really, really fast! We were worried we were going to lose them. I'd recommend that Mike make sure everyone loads the retail store address in their GPS to make sure there isn't any stress for the drive.
Unfortunately we were just able to look in the window of the factory and none of the machines were actually on or doing anything. At the retail store we tasted a few more chocolates. We did purchase a few chocolate bars, but we didn't feel really pressured to do so.
This was an enjoyable and unique thing to do on the big island and we would recommend it to all chocolate lovers!
翻译:我们预订了VIP之旅,包括参观农场和品尝巧克力。行程不到两个小时。这次旅行一共七人。前往农场的路线很容易理解,而且我们那天阳光明媚。我们知道农场经常下雨,所以我们很幸运。
农场主(Mike)在停车场迎接了我们。农场很小,略微有点丘陵。旅程从树林里开始,Mike知识渊博,也很友好。了解了巧克力的种植过程后,我们走到一个带顶棚的露台,品尝了五种黑巧克力。我们还品尝了自制的“巧克力”茶,非常有趣。我们学习了品尝和评价巧克力的正确方法,虽然有点傻,但很有趣。
然后我们都上了车,前往他们的零售店和巧克力工厂(距离只有5-7分钟的路程,但需要拐几个弯)。我们跟着另一位客人,他自称知道要去哪里,但开得非常非常快!我们担心会跟丢它们。我建议迈克确保每个人都把零售店的地址录入GPS,这样开车的时候就不会有压力了。
可惜的是,我们只是从工厂的窗户往里看了一眼,发现机器根本没开,什么也没做。在零售店,我们又尝了几块巧克力。我们也买了几块巧克力棒,但并没有感到特别有压力。
这是在大岛上一次令人愉快而独特的体验,我们强烈推荐给所有巧克力爱好者!