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Cocoa Farm-to-Bar Workshop — 2 Days
★ 4.9 · 190 reviews· Soubre + Abidjan· French, English· Abidjan (ABJ)
Two days inside the world's biggest cocoa industry. Côte d'Ivoire grows ~40% of global cocoa — most farmers have never tasted finished chocolate. We drive to Soubre (the cocoa belt's centre) for a working cooperative visit: pod-cutting, fermentation pile, sun-drying, sorting. Then back to Abidjan for a farm-to-bar workshop with a Plateau-based chocolatier — roast your own beans, grind, conche, temper, and walk out with bars you made yourself. Direct trade story end-to-end.
"I have a chocolate company in Brussels and I learned more in this workshop than in my last 5 trade-fair visits. The farmer conversation was the heart of it."
"The fresh-pod pulp blew my mind. It tastes like lychee, not chocolate. The fermentation pile was a revelation."
Main harvest October–March, mid-crop April–June. Visit any month — the cooperative always has stock and farms have something growing.
Yes — popular combo. See our Yamoussoukro & Abidjan. Combined 4-day from $590/pp.
Tell us — vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free, allergies all manageable with notice.