Davao 2019 | Malagos Chocolate Farm and Puentespina Farm

No regrets.

We spent a day at Puentespina Farm: stopped by at Bird Sanctuary and ended the tour at Malagos Chocolate Museum.

We availed their Tree-to-Bar experience package and were provided with towels and cold drinks to freshen up.

Interestingly, the first leg of the tour was about the cacao farm. Overview of the process was mentioned before we went to see the cacao trees.

There are two types of cacao trees cultivated and used for chocolate production at Puentespina Farm. They demonstrated how they open each cacao fruit and we even tasted a lot 😁 The fleshy part needs to be removed before the real process begins.

The beans needs to be dried for some time before they sort it out and made into chocolate.

Our guide peeled one dried cacao bean for tasting and told us that its 'cacao nibs.' It tasted bitter-sweet but more on the bitter side 😄

After the farm visit, we went to Malagos Chocolate Museum.

The museum speaks volumes of information mainly on chocolate! (Obviously!)

We stayed there for a bit before finally having a cup of hot tsokolate and suman. Happy tummy prior the chocolate workshop activity.

For me the fun part was the chocolate workshop session. 

We were allowed to choose what to put in the chocolate mold. I chose almonds, mint leaves, chili, cranberries and a lot.

We were given melted chocolates and two boxes for packaging. You may check our video to see what we did. I think I had about 20pieces per box.

Malagos chocolate bars/nibs have a wine aftertaste (or was it just me?) And I really like it!

I bought chocolate bars for pasalubong 😊 My family and friends like them too.

Are you fond of chocolates too? 😉

♡,
Mari