full CHOCOLATE circle: cacao tree - bean - bar - cheese - shake - now on phangan

    This service is seasonal and run under patronage of non-for-profit Charity Fund. Full info about our chocolate course posted here. Don't miss your chance to learn more about benefits of organic cacao, taste the fresh chocolate from unique beans of Thai cacao trees, see how you can make the chocolate at the house using simple home appliances, and even to plant your own tree of cacao.

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parts of choco-event - "old & new stories about cacao"

      Few well-known fast letters about the cacao:

• Its supposed that Cacao fruit first was given by spirit of Venus - Ek Chuah - to his good friends at the Earth among the Aztech tribes.
• name of spirit of Venus in Vedas is "Chukra" (some of his other names are Kavi & Ushanas). One time Chukra was teacher of demons and falls down to stay in lower world. After Chukra-Venus was lifted back to Heavens, but before he shared with people some of his secrets and gave them priceless gifts, including the cocoa
• Cacao-criollo - same as a mango - has a form of Pradjapati - one of the first good forms of the God-creator.

Criollo cacao pod, painted

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tree of cacao - grow your tree!

     Cacao trees needs clear water & natural shadow from other trees - actual for nowadays farming, which enemy now is mono-culture, slowly killing the soil. Travelling around the country we already planted young cacao sprouts here on Koh Phangan, Hua Hin and going to plant more of them everywhere we go.

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how to get CACAO BEANS ready for chocolate

Cacao is a delicate culture, so lots of things should be done by farmers before you'll enjoy the chocolate.

• to collect the cacao pods from trees and keep them for few days;
•  to cut to open them and locate under the Sun - for the fermentation;
• to dry the beans of cacao under the Sun - usually its other place;
• to  package and keep the dried cacao beans properly in a dry place with no Sunlight.

collecting the cacao pods from the trees on farm its not an easy process

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ways to get, recipes and home appliances for your own best chocolate 

Most tasty part of the event includes new & classic recipes:

• Chocolate on coco-milk instead of milk/cream;
• happy chocolate with  L-Dopa, powered by beans of mucuna Pruriens;
• shakes with beans of cacao;
• delicious chocolate cheese, and more...

We continue it with information about all you should have for the great chocolate making at home. Despite of common beliefs, you don't need a lot - even simple home-blender will be enough to start!

first test of 2 types of chocolates made from 2017-harvest - already on Koh Phangan