The First Cacao Farm Tour
Hong Kong
Cacao Farm Tour
香港可可農場
Step into the world of rare Cacao Farm in
Hong Kong!
A specialty cacao farm dedicated to preserving and cultivating the specialty cacao varieties including the finest cacao varieties in the world - white bean Criollo from Ecuador, awards winning varieties from Philippine, Hainan Island and Taiwan Ping Tung. We have setup a cacao lab to understand the growth of cacao tree to cacao beans, aims to produce tree to bar chocolate in Hong Kong.
Thanks to Joey Hau, the owner of the farms in Sheung Shui, that visiting a cacao farm in Hong Kong is a shared dream of Arron Liu for over 8 years. In this tour, participants will walk through the cacao farm, which is over 10,000 sq ft., to view the growth of cacao tree and manual pollination of cacao flowers, cacao fruits, to understand the life cycle of germination, seedlings and formation of cacao fruits, then coming of cacao bean.
Besides cacao plant, we also have planted Vanilla, Coffee tree, Fire Dragon fruit, Pineapple, Banana,...
How we have made the organic compost by tea and coffee remains to fulfil the ESG.
Final part - experience the process of different steps of handcraft chocolate making from the cacao beans, include sorting, roasting, winnowing, grinding, and finally taste the cacao products.
We will explain the art and science of cacao growth and the process of craft bean to bar chocolate, in addition to the importance of Sustainability and ESG.
Please Contact us for booking the tour!
1. Cacao farm visit + bean to chocolate workshop
Visiting cacao farm, process of roasting cacao bean, winnowing, grinding, final chocolate drink and tasting of single origin bean to bar chocolate
2. Cacao farm visit + cheese tasting workshop
Visiting cacao farm, introduction of cheese making and tasting of cheese by cheese expert.
3. Cacao farm visit + single origin coffee workshop
Visiting cacao farm, introduction of single origin coffee from roasting coffee bean, cupping and pour-over brewing technique.
Vanilla plant
Organic compost
Instructor & Farm Guide - Master Chef ARRON LIU
The founder of Ice Cream Gallery and Chocobien Chocolatier in 2009, who has developed over 800 flavours of ice cream since 1994, including the bespoke French Lobster Ice Cream and French Foie Gras Ice Cream, and Liquid Nitrogen (molecular) ice cream in 2009...
Published books:
- "Asian Ice Cream - for You and Your Kids" in Canada and USA 2004
- "Desserts from The World Famous Shops - Book 1, Book 2 and Book 3" - one of the best sellers amongst the cook book series in 2004 and 2005.
Consultancy and training service for many reputable brands and ice cream parlours in Hong Kong, Taiwan, mainland China and USA.
Founder of Academy of Ice Cream in 2013, providing professional ice cream and gelato training programme.
International Ice Cream Judge
Chocolate Judge
International Institute of Chocolate & Cacao Tasting Level 2
