Sharing our passion to Cacao & chocolate - now in Hua Hin
We brought here freshly picked cacao pods & beans, made a course for the kids, learned the local climate's features to grow then first plants of cocoa, which immediately changed the weather. Surely, using local ingredients we cooked few kinds of chocolate, including unforgettable choco-cheese and gave it to taste to people around.
Some of the places of very first Cacao seedlings in Hua Hin
I can remember...
- "No-name ancient temple" - surely has a great name, unknown to us, - old temple with big lotus pool, charming on sunset,
- "Da Vinci school" - elite school with new potential (as empty) garden attracted me by Great Leo's artwork. Also its was a area, where our Cacao were born,
- Shiva Ayurveda Cliic - we knew it because of the fine Indian restaurant and warm host of its owner - Master of a deep knowledge in Ayurvedic plants,
- 1 more place also in divine hills of Khao Hin Lek Fai - botanical garden of "Chom Dong Villa", amazing fairy-taily little paradise with plants from all around the world, and many divine animals, such as deer. It was there where we met a white peacock!
- "Chocolate Factory" - central big restaurant's area with own chocolate-everything, such as baking-cooking. Despite of its external greatness in size and decor and artistic Cacao Tree painting in bathroom it was a surprise for the people there to meet REAL CACAO, taste its beans, and see how Cacao lives its first days. We hope-and-wish that this experience was not missed...
Next is now - 36 Cacao plants found their new Home in Prachuap Khiri Khan
More than 150 years ago 36 tea plants were brought from China to Taiwan & planted on Dong Ding - "mountain of frozen peak" - it was the beginning of glorious story of Taiwanese Oolong*. Sipping other more-than-good Oolong, now made from Chiang Rai Tea Trees, and looking at 36 young sprouts of cacao, which grown so fast in Hua Hin we see the way to begin a new exciting chocolate story - land & soil here are unique - best in world pineapples & litchis, as well as santols and durians growing here happily. To set-up the first mini cocoa-farm, which will make the future sweet and add to it more pleasures!
*similar to this Oolong - "Dong Ding" - now also produced in the north of Thailand, which has very good quality and great taste.
More Cacao in Hua Hin -"The British Educational Children's Center"
We cooked many of chocolate that day for our little Cacao planters. Each of the children go the seed, each made a wish and had a time together. Then Cacao seeds were planted with great love and care. Weeks after we left we asked about the news, and it was nice to see all young Cacao trees - enough for own Cacao Farm for the school! Photos from PSY IN should be here!
What's more - few kilo of fresh cacao beans
Its not enough to "start a business" yet, but supporting us we can stop cutting the cacao trees. because when farmers don't see the profit - they cut the trees, to plant then something more actual - trees which is more easy in caring, harvesting, in keeping and selling their products.
"Big Secret" revealed - its easy to make chocolate at home
Each of us who loves it is a chocolatier inside. The very first home-made chocolate from beans - with all "first time issues" - was already much-far better than all or anything before. While all we used was home blender and gas cooker.
Thus pictures are the recipe-half-guide, and this half is in minor.
Thus pictures are the recipe-half-guide, and this half is in minor.
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