Hilo Chocolate Tasting Experience 1.5 hr
Experience Hilo's finest chocolate tasting at Honoli‘i Orchards. Explore cacao's history, taste fresh fruit, and savor 10+ Hawaiian craft chocolates in a scenic setting.
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Important Information
- • Children under 5 years
- • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- • Service animals allowed
- • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Welcome to Honoli‘i Orchards, a family-run farm in Hilo producing some of the world's finest cacao, recognized by France's Salon du Chocolat. This immersive 1.5-hour experience invites you to explore the journey of chocolate from bean to bar. Begin with a scenic drive up Maunakea’s slopes, through the Big Island’s hidden backroads, arriving at our tranquil farm. Enjoy panoramic views of the Honolii River Valley and the Pacific Ocean from our open-air tasting room. Discover the rich history of cacao, taste fresh fruit varieties, and savor the rare nectar of the cacao fruit. The highlight is a guided tasting of 10+ exclusive single-origin Hawaiian chocolate bars. Learn the stories behind the beans and the sustainable practices of local farmers. Join us for Hawaii's most elevated chocolate tasting experience, supporting local agriculture and celebrating Hawaiian cacao's global legacy.
Pros
- Explore the scenic backroads of the Hamakua Coast
- Learn the rich history of cacao from Mesoamerica
- Taste fresh cacao fruit and seasonal farm produce
- Savor 10+ Hawaiian craft chocolate bars
- Enjoy bottomless freshly brewed cacao tea
Includes
- Opportunity to walk the grounds of the farm
- Discussion on the history of the farm
- Tasting of 2 or more different cacao fruit varieties
- Seasonally available farm-fresh fruit to eat
- Seminar on the history of chocolate
- Tasting of extracted cacao fruit nectar
- Guided tasting of 10+ Hawaiian Craft Chocolate Bars with unlimited samples
- Bottomless freshly brewed cacao tea
- Fresh Cacao Juice, Fermented Cacao Beans, Fresh Sugar Cane
Excludes
- Gratuities
Tour Highlights
- • Explore the scenic backroads of the Hamakua Coast
- • Learn the rich history of cacao from Mesoamerica
- • Taste fresh cacao fruit and seasonal farm produce
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