ALL ABOUT CACAO IN THE COFFEE REGION

Although the best known industry in Quindío is coffee, thanks to its special coffee varieties and its high-quality processing, chocolate, or rather the cultivation of cacao, is gaining more and more importance in the region.

Just as with coffee, we do not want to deprive you and your customers of the cultivation and processing of the beans, which is why we recently embarked on a search for the best cacao tours. The tours we offer in Quindío convey the history, cultivation, processing and culture of cacao in an authentic way, which gives a whole new value to a seemingly simple bar of chocolate.

In the following our current cacao-tours:

Finca Evelyza:

- Focus: history, cultivation and traditional processing of cacao.

- Special: charming finca run by a very hospitable and at the same time entrepreneurial and innovative family of farmers.

- During the tour of the finca we will learn everything about the cultivation and history of cacao in Colombia. In the house, Jesus´s (the owner and guide) wife shows us how to roast and ground the cacao the traditional way. Jesus is an agronomist and has a vast knowledge of cacao. He has planned his cultivation from the beginning in a visitor-friendly way, so that nowadays he can offer a "ruta del cacao" (path of the cacao).

 

Casa Rivera del Cacao:

- Focus: the processing of cacao with the refined chocolate as the final result.

- Specials: very good knowledge about Colombian gastronomy and international chocolate production; one of the partners is among the best chocolatiers in France.

- During the tour of the finca we learn more about the history and cultivation of cacao, but especially about the process from bean to bar. The cacao is roasted, ground and refined. While the cacao beans are being processed we can chose from alternative activities or simply relax in the finca. Afterwards we enjoy a dessert with the freshly made chocolate at the finca.

Hacienda Bambusa:

- Focus: the cultivation and processing of cacao.

- Visit the (large) finca, where we learn all about the cultivation and history of cacao and enjoy the beautiful landscape. Our guide knows a lot about the plants and birds of the area, that we cross paths with on our walk through the pretty grounds.