{"id":5229,"date":"2026-08-12T10:23:42","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T01:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manitabi.com\/?p=5229"},"modified":"2026-10-14T03:28:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T18:28:33","slug":"cacao-farm-and-lunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manitabi.com\/en\/2026\/08\/12\/cacao-farm-and-lunch\/","title":{"rendered":"From Cacao to Chocolate: A Farm Visit and Local Home-Cooked Lunch"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The chocolate we eat without a second thought: what kind of fruit does it come from, and how is it made?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"cacao\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On this tour you see cacao growing in the countryside outside Chiang Mai and learn how the fruit becomes chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After trying your hand at making chocolate, we visit a nearby local home and share a home-cooked meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A hands-on tour of about six hours where you not only learn about cacao but also meet the land that grows it and the people who live there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n🕗 8:00 \u2013 around 14:00<\/b> (approx. 6 hours)<\/span>\n💰 1,600THB<\/b> per person<\/span>\n🚐 Chiang Mai city<\/b> (start and finish)<\/span>\n🗣 English \/ Japanese<\/span>\n<\/div>\nAsk about this tour on WhatsAppJust tell us you\u2019re interested in the cacao and home lunch tour<\/small><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Highlights of this tour<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

1. From cacao pod to chocolate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Looking at real cacao trees and pods, you learn how cacao is grown and harvested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cacao pods<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You also see the steps that turn cacao into chocolate: fermentation, drying, roasting and processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cacao beans drying<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Finally, you make chocolate yourself!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you learn how each step shapes taste and aroma, you begin to see how much time and care goes into a single bar of chocolate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. A home-cooked lunch made by a hill tribe family<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A hill tribe lunch (the menu on the day will differ)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Not a restaurant, but a home where people really live. We enjoy the home cooking of the Lisu people of Northern Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How the tour runs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

* Times and content may shift depending on traffic and how the activities progress.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n