点评:We had an amazingly delicious, entertaining, and educational tour with Ally from Garden Island Chocolate. It started off with some fantastic tropical fruit tasting (the grilled bread fruit with bbq spice was on point!) and cocoa juice, then a hands on experience with cocoa pods. Next we meandered through the organic farm learning about various crops on the farm from açaí, to mango, to banana, to bread fruit, cacao, and many more. We also got to see them harvest açaí and learn a bit more about that fruit.
Our first tasting was in a secret garden cocoa grove. Then off to a spacious barn where had nearly 20 different dark chocolate samples (sea salt, bacon infused, mango, walnut and date, Trader Joe’s everything bagel spice, hot spicy, cacao nibs, macadamia nut, etc), and learned more about how cacao is processed (FDR = Fermenting, Drying, and Roasting), and the cacao industry and saw the kitchen where all of the chocolate magic happens! We intermixed the tasting with trying some fantastic hot chocolate.
The tour was well worth it, lasted three hours, and we would highly recommend it for anyone traveling to Kauai!
One note, the path to the farm off of the main road could have had more signs to indicate you are on the right track and the entrance is off of a short dirt road. We missed it at first though GPS should get you there, no problem
翻译:我们跟随Garden Island Chocolate的Ally体验了一次美味至极、趣味横生且富有教育意义的游览。活动伊始,我们品尝了各种美味的热带水果(其中撒上烧烤调料的烤面包果简直绝了!),还喝了可可汁。接着我们亲手体验了处理可可荚的过程。随后,我们漫步于有机农场,了解了种类繁多的作物——从巴西莓、芒果、香蕉、面包果到可可豆等等。我们还目睹了他们采摘巴西莓的过程,并对这种水果有了更多了解。
我们的第一次品鉴是在一处隐秘的花园式可可林中进行的。随后我们前往一座宽敞的谷仓,那里有近20种不同口味的黑巧克力样品(海盐味、培根风味、芒果味、核桃枣子味、Trader Joe’s综合面包香料味、辣味、可可碎粒味、澳洲坚果味等等),我们还进一步了解了可可的加工过程(FDR即发酵、干燥和烘焙)。我们参观了可可加工厂,还看到了所有巧克力制作工序发生的厨房!我们一边品鉴巧克力,一边品尝了美味的热巧克力。
这次参观非常值得,历时三个小时。我们极力推荐给所有前往考艾岛的游客!
有一点需要提醒:从主路通往农场的道路上,本可以设置更多指示牌来提醒游客正走在正确的路上,而且入口其实是在一条短短的土路旁。我们一开始差点错过了入口,不过借助GPS应该能顺利找到。没问题。