Big Island

Tree-to-bar in Papaikou: they grow, ferment, and process their own Big Island cacao on-site. Monthly harvest parties put you in the orchard for the full picture, from fresh cacao juice to finished bar.

Hāmākua Coast cacao farm growing single-estate beans since 2011, with a 'Best Cacao' win at the Big Island Chocolate Festival. Ninety-minute tours run Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday — you pick a pod, watch the fermentation and drying that build its flavor, and taste the finished chocolate.

The owner is an award-winning fermenter with a master's degree in cacao fermentation and published research — the step that most determines chocolate quality. Tours walk a 33-acre Hāmākua Coast farm with 2,000+ cacao trees and close with a tasting.

Bean-to-bar from their own 3-acre Puna estate, with guided tours that walk the cacao and coffee fields before the factory. Stephen runs it personally — the kind of place where sourcing starts at your feet.

Three acres of Kona estate cacao grown under Korean Natural Farming practices — the same orchard produces the single-origin chocolate and is open for walking tours. Cacao ceremony experiences are also available alongside the farm visits.

A 1,000-acre Mauna Kea farm where the growers and the chocolate makers are the same operation — cacao grown, processed, and finished into 100% Hawaiian bars on the same land. The Tree-to-Chocolate tour walks the orchards, into the production area, and finishes in the chocolate lounge with tastings.