Cooper couple grows cacao, sells chocolate far and wide
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Pam and Bob Cooper, owners and cacao-growers at the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory in Keauhou-Kona on Hawaii island.
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Bob Cooper, co-owner of the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory in Keauhou-Kona on Hawaii island, shows the innards of a cacao pod and explains the tree-to-bar process during farm tours twice a week.
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Bob Cooper, co-owner of the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory in Keauhou-Kona on Hawaii island, shows a whole, ripe cacao pod and explains the tree-to-bar process during farm tours twice a week
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Three-ounce boxed, individual bars of Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory chocolates are made on Hawaii island from either Forastero or Criollo varieties of cacao beans.
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One-ounce, boxed, large plumeria-shaped chocolates, by Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, are individually packaged and available from the company's website for $6.50 for milk and dark chocolate and $8.50 for criollo.
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Various sizes of hand-crafted chocolates are offered by the Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory, including dark and milk chocolates made from single-origin beans grown on Hawaii island.
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CriolloChocolates made from the criollo variety of cacao beans, grown on Hawaii island by another farmer, and processed by Original Hawaiian Chocolate Factory.
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