POD CHOCOLATE CAFÉ
AND FACTORY
Located on Jl. Tukad Ayung, Carangsari village,
Petang, Badung Regency, Bali. The factory of Carangsari, an approximate
90-minute transfer from Kuta, welcomes families to its insightful tours and
workshops. This café is open from 10 AM - 3 PM. Pod Chocolate Factory &
Cafe, located not far from Sangeh Monkey Forest. Access to the Chocolate
Factory & Cafe Pod goes through a rural road and has been accompanied by a
signboard to get to its location. Along the road, it has been paved and can be
entered by car. When you arrive you will find a board containing the words Bali
Elephant Camp, so this Chocolate Factory & Cafe Pod is in the same area as
the Bali Elephant Camp. Here visitors have the opportunity to see the process
of making chocolate while tasting it.
At Pod Chocolate Bali, you can experience a variety of
unique types of chocolate. Besides that, you can also watch the process of
making chocolate, look at the chocolate garden, harvest the fruit of chocolate,
try to make homemade chocolate, and various other exciting activities. Owner
pod namely is Toby, born in Adelide, Australia. His parents owned a vineyard
and at the same time his factory near the garden. So since he was a child he
had often been gardening. When in Bali, he wanted cocoa gardening because he
was disappointed because Indonesia was the third country in the world for cocoa
producers, but there was no chocolate production that was truly famous and
dominated the world market, so the idea was to build a cocoa plantation. Toby
then asked permission from his father-in-law who is also the elder of Puri
Carangsari to build a factory on the ground which is also one location with a
tour of Bali Elephant Camp. The small scale factory was built in January 2013. He
continued experimenting for several years. After years of experimenting,
finally got delicious chocolate. And after this hobby went well, then he went
on to business so that the bali pod factory and cafe was created. Until now,
the production capacity is up to 10 tons per month by employing around 100
workers with emphasis on local residents. To add to its branch, Toby Garritt
opened a branch on Sunset Road Kuta. However, the tour package is not provided
in this branch, but you can still see the process of making chocolate and
learning how to make chocolate.
Complete Tour Package for Pod Chocolate Bali Factory
and Cafe. When you are at Bali's Pod Chocolate you will be invited to tour a factory
in the wooded area of Carangsari. There you will be served warm chocolate
drinks as a welcome sign. Then you will be invited to see the process of making
chocolate, starting from selecting cocoa beans from the plantation, harvesting
cocoa, then getting to the fermentation and roasting process. In addition to
seeing the chocolate making process, you can also taste raw cocoa beans, baked
beans, and more. Here you can also make your own chocolate that you can take
home and make as a souvenir. Being in Pod Chocolate you will get a lot of
knowledge about chocolate. The costs you have to prepare to take a tour at Pod
Chocolate start at US $ 45 for foreign tourists and Rp. 450.000 for local tourists
(adult) and Rp. 250.000 for children.
Various Types of Delicious Foods at Bali's Pod
Chocolate Cafe. Pod Chocolate also has a cafe. There are also various kinds of
chocolates and other dishes from chocolate. You can enjoy pure hot pod
chocolate, various kinds of dessert or desserts, pastries, organic salads. In
addition, there are also other menus such as chocolate frappes, unique dishes
namely cocoa fried rice, Spaghetti Marinara Chocolate, as well as a variety of
unique and delicious dishes from other chocolates. Available chocolate products
Pod Bites, Pod Rocks, Pralines, and homemade Artisan Bars filled with dried
fruit , peanuts, and fresh roasted cocoa nibs. If you like spicy, don't miss
the Bali Chilli in Palm Nectar Dark Chocolate variant. The spicy sensation
makes you fresh.
In Pod Chocolate, there are two styles of chocolate,
namely classic and nectar. You can enjoy chocolate products such as classic
bars, nectar bars, poches nectar, various praline flavors, and others. For
classic bars you can taste chocolate with flavors such as Peppermint dark chocolate,
orange dark chocolate, Bali 44% Milk chocolate. Then for the nectar bar you can
taste Balinese chocolate Cinnamon, Ginger & Lemongrass, Bali Chilli,
Rosella flower & Casshew, Sea Salt & Casshew Nibs. Besides chocolate
you can also taste various kinds of pralines such as Pod Passion Fruit, Pod Sea
Salt Caramel, Pod Bali Coffe, Pod Heart, Pod Lips.
For other activities in the Pod Chocolate Factory and
Café, in there you can meet and take pictures with a honey bear that you can
hug in the Pod Chocolate. Although honey bears are known to be fierce, but the
sun bears raised at Pod Chocolate Bali have been tame and friendly to humans.
That said, this honey bear belonging to Pod Chocolate was saved from illegal
hunters. To be able to hug the honey bear and take a photo, you will be
accompanied by the handler. The cost of hugging a bear is charged USD 10 per
person, they receive cash and credit cards. Worth it for new experience because
the costs are also used for maintenance, buy food and milk for the bear. Because
this Pod Chocolate Factory & Cafe is in the Elephant Camp, we can also ride
elephant. This Elephant Ride fee is USD 85 for adults and USD 25 for children.
(Ni Made Vekananda Krisnadias/ 5D MBP/21)
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