Rainy Season
Humid canopy season. Young pods swell with possibility. Water droplets on every leaf.
February 2026
Each card is a distinct stage in the cacao cycle. Click to reveal partner-specific details — capacity, lead times, co-branding, and minimum commitments.
Machetes at dawn.
Guests crack open ripe pods with machetes on wooden tables. The sound of a clean split. The shock of wet white pulp inside something so rough.
Group Capacity
Up to 40 guests per session
Lead Time
6 weeks advance booking
Min. Commitment
4 sessions per season
Best For
Luxury hotel excursions, wellness retreats
Co-Brand Opportunities
Branded machete handles, harvest certificates
Sweet before bitter.
Guests taste the raw white pulp straight from the pod — tropical, lychee-bright, nothing like chocolate. The surprise is the whole point.
Group Capacity
Up to 25 guests
Lead Time
3 weeks advance booking
Min. Commitment
2 sessions per month
Best For
Boutique chocolatiers, specialty food distributors
Co-Brand Opportunities
Branded tasting cards, take-home pods
Cedar boxes, living beans.
Open the cedar fermentation boxes. The heat hits first — 50°C inside, steam rising. Guests turn the beans by hand and understand that chocolate is alive.
Group Capacity
Up to 20 guests (intimate)
Lead Time
4 weeks advance booking
Min. Commitment
1 session per week during season
Best For
Boutique chocolatiers, culinary retreat operators
Co-Brand Opportunities
Fermentation journal co-branding
Patience made visible.
Beans spread on raised beds under open sky. Guests rake them by hand, smell the evolving complexity. Ten days compressed into a single afternoon.
Group Capacity
Up to 30 guests
Lead Time
3 weeks advance booking
Min. Commitment
8 sessions per season
Best For
Wellness retreats, slow-travel operators
Co-Brand Opportunities
Artisan packaging with farm coordinates
The smell that changes everything.
Stone drum roasters, open fire. The moment the bean crosses from raw to chocolate is the moment every guest falls silent. Then they want to know everything.
Group Capacity
Up to 15 guests (workshop-style)
Lead Time
2 weeks advance booking
Min. Commitment
2 sessions per month
Best For
Boutique chocolatiers, specialty food sourcing
Co-Brand Opportunities
Roast-profile cards, custom roast profiles for clients
From pod to finished chocolate.
The full arc. Guests who cracked pods at dawn are now rolling truffles by afternoon. The story of a single bean, completed in one day on the farm.
Group Capacity
Up to 18 guests
Lead Time
6 weeks for custom truffle design
Min. Commitment
1 full-day session per month
Best For
Luxury hotel concierges, premium gifting, co-brand
Co-Brand Opportunities
Co-branded truffle boxes, private label options
For Chocolatiers & Distributors
Minimum 50kg trial orders. Full fermentation & drying documentation. Farm coordinates on every bag. Visit the farm before you commit — we insist.
Ready to bring the farm to your guests?
These are not affiliates. They visited the farm, tasted the beans, and chose to build their story here.
Valrhona Sourcing
Single-Origin Sourcing
Aman Resorts
Luxury Excursion Partner
Mast Brothers
Bean-to-Bar Sourcing
Six Senses Hotels
Wellness Day Trip
Dandelion Chocolate
Micro-Batch Sourcing
Belmond Trains
Curated Excursion
Our guests ask about the farm at dinner for weeks after. Nothing in our excursion portfolio comes close to the emotional impact of cracking a pod open yourself.
Priya Mehrotra
Director of Guest Experience
Aman Resorts, Costa Rica
The fermentation documentation alone is worth the partnership. But the farm visit sealed it — we knew within twenty minutes of arriving that this was the provenance story our customers needed.
Thomas Bauer
Head of Sourcing
Dandelion Chocolate, San Francisco
Farm in operation
Active this season
Guest experiences run
Average partner rating
32 pages. Harvest calendar, capacity tables, pricing tiers, co-brand examples, and the farm's full provenance documentation. Free to serious prospects.
Personal response within 3 business days
Farm visit invitation if alignment is clear
Tailored proposal with pricing & timeline
First session or trial order within 6–8 weeks
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partners@cacaofarm.com
