On Monday 17th June 3N had a wonderful time visiting the university cacao plantation. It is not often we can see something being made from beginning to end but Year 3 had the pleasure to see this on their trip. In the plantation we saw the young cacao plants and the fully grown ones. The children were able to see the flowers on the trunk of the tree and then observe the flowers changing to small cocoa pods and then fully grown ones. Then it was on to the Marou factory where Vincent and Samuel, the owners showed us how the cacao beans are made into a bar of delicious Marou chocolate. The children saw the roasing, shelling of the nibs, mixing, tempering, moulding and cooling and finally the wrapping of the bars all under one roof. As a last treat they were able to taste the chocolate and take a bar home.
Enjoy our pictures of the trip.