Your first visit is to a specialty coffee roastery on the Petone foreshore where you will learn its fascinating history and the trace the amazing journey of its coffee beans from shrub to cup! The local staff will take you through a coffee ‘three ways’ experience with tasting notes and lessons on how each method influences their characteristics. Available Mon-Fri (as replacement option for tea)
Guided tea brewing process with cupping. At its heart, Tea Atelier is an invitation to slow down. To taste more attentively. To find your own way within this vast and quietly captivating world of tea. Available Weds-Sun (as replacement option for coffee)
Guests can use the extra time to explore the foodie suburb of Petone at their leisure.
The next stop is for the sweet of tooth as you call in on the resident chocolatier for a tasting and chocolate making lesson! Through utilizing French and European inspired recipes, then adapting them to locally sourced New Zealand products, the chocolatier blends in premium chocolates such as the world famous Valrhona Couverture Chocolate to produce chocolates you will love.
Next stop is Forage for a sample of some of their wonderfully locally sourced and produced products. With a focus on dairy alongside some new and exciting seasonal tastes and flavours.
Each of the places we visited was very interesting. Our driver was excellent and very informative and obviously had a good rapport with the people at each of the venues. A very worthwhile tour.
A great way to spend an afternoon. Lunch was delicious. Each place we stopped at we were greeted by friendly and knowledgeable people. A must do tour. Our guide Phil was fantastic. He went out of his way to accommodate us. Thanks for a great day
Phil was great! Picked just the right places to excite our tate buds. Even changed his itinerary to fit our needs.
Really enjoyed every stop and all the local flavors. Phil was awesome and is from the area and it shows on his enthusiasm for the area.
Phil was a brilliant guide. Learnt much much more about coffee and how it goes from the plantation to a cup of coffee. Artisan chocolate shop gave a whole new perspective on the finer intricacies. The Italian sampler lunch was a delightful mix of authentic Italian cuisine.
Learned a lot about coffee. Chocolate tour was incredible. Lunch was amazing. Phil was a great tour guide. Italian lunch awesome
Had an amazing time and leant lots. Met so many lovely people who showcased their products very well. Phil was an excellent tour guide and it was really well organized. Would highly recommend.
Perfect way to see the off beat local food producers, and sample some delicious artisan food and talk to the producers. Loved learning how to roast coffee beans, sampling Italian cured meats and tasting chocolate. A great day!
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