点评:Chocolate lovers rejoice! A truly ambrosial variety of cacaos and chocolates is being grown and formulated on a small, lush farm above Honoka’a Town. The farm’s proprietor and chocolatier, Mike Pollard, brings both his family’s farming history and scientific rigor (he has been an aerospace engineer) to the making of extraordinary chocolates.
We urge you to sign up for a Cacao Farm Tour, led by Mike, and learn about the growing of cacao and the contributions of cacao varieties and terroir, the ingredients and what to look for in a premium chocolate, the chemistry of chocolate, its health benefits and, most important, how to taste chocolate (like a fine wine, premium chocolate’s flavors trigger different sensations an they make contact with different locations on your palate and tongue). You’ll compare and discuss samples before caravanning into town to visit the processing operation, where you’ll see where the cacao nibs are ground, cane sugar is added, and the chocolate is tempered and sealed.
Two days after our tour, we are still afloat on a cloud of our new-found appreciation for premium-quality chocolate. We have Mike Pollard and his Honoka’a Chocolate VIP Cacao Farm Tour and Chocolate Tasting to thank for this enlightened state.
翻译:巧克力爱好者们有福了!在霍诺卡阿镇上方一座郁郁葱葱的小农场里,种植着各种令人垂涎欲滴的可可和巧克力。农场主兼巧克力大师迈克·波拉德 (Mike Pollard) 将家族的农耕历史和严谨的科学精神(他曾是一名航空航天工程师)融入到制作非凡巧克力的工艺中。
我们诚邀您报名参加由迈克带领的可可农场之旅,了解可可的种植、可可品种和风土条件的贡献、优质巧克力的成分和制作标准、巧克力的化学成分、其健康益处,以及最重要的——如何品尝巧克力(就像醇酒一样,优质巧克力的口味会引发不同的感受,并触及您味蕾和舌头的不同部位)。在驱车前往镇上参观加工车间之前,您将比较和讨论样品,在那里您将看到可可碎粒的研磨、蔗糖的添加以及巧克力的调温密封。
参观结束两天后,我们依然沉浸在对优质巧克力新发现的喜悦之中。这要感谢迈克·波拉德和他的Honoka’a巧克力VIP可可农场之旅和巧克力品鉴,让我们感受到了这种启迪。