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64 Maui's Favorites Island Directory • MauiMagazines.pub Hawaii is the only state in the US that grows cacao beans, and the conditions create cacao that offers a unique and complex flavor profile. Virginia Douglas and Melanie Boudar met through the Hawaii Chocolate and Cacao Association, and combined their talents to create specialty chocolates produced here on Maui. The cacao is grown on the 10 acre Hana Gold farm, where the climate is ideal for growing the beans to perfection. Sweet Paradise Chocolatier offers their delicious confections both online and at their retail location at The Wailea Gateway Shops. Featuring elegant boxed chocolates, handcrafted bars, and specialty confections, this store is a chocolate lovers dream! Stop in or call (808) 344-1040. And online at ChocolateOnMaui.com. It takes 400 cacao beans to make one pound of chocolate. Interesting fact:: Sweet Treats Two chocolatiers create Hana Gold. k f s f s k f s f s FAVORITE FAVORITE MAUI'S MAUI'S 2 0 2 0 S W EE T PAR A D I SE C HO C O L A TE – A S S E E N I N M AU I' S F A V O R I TES M AGAZ I N E CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE The art of glass blowing began about 2000 yrs. ago. Ryan Staub is the owner of Moana Glass in Lahaina. A master glassblower and skilled artist, Staub shares his love of glass art with a stunning gallery and glassblowing lessons. Moana Glass is Maui's only glassblowing studio that offers instruction on glassblowing. For more information, call them at (808) 763-6338. You can also check them out online at MoanaGlass.com. Interesting fact:: Nature Inspired Beaches, boats and baby whales! k f s f s k f s f s FAVORITE FAVORITE MAUI'S MAUI'S 2 0 2 0 M O ANA G L A S S - A S SEE N I N M AU I' S FA V O R I T ES M AGA Z I N E glass art & classes glass art & classes The most amazing thing on Maui, for me, is to go whale watching. I love seeing the calves at play, learning and growing. Each trip is new, exciting and unique. And being an artisan, watching these magnificent giants breach, spyhop and interact with each other provides new inspiration for my glass art designs. And when I plunge into ocean to snorkel or free dive myself, I'm reminded how grateful I am to call Maui my home. Hawaii lies in the northern most point of the Polynesian triangle. Early Polynesians reached these shores by navigating the stars. As a result, Hawaii and Polynesia are deeply entwined. In order to understand what "Aloha" is all about, I encourage you to learn all you can at one of the shows that present the complete history of these archipelagos! – Lopaka Aguiar Polynian Influence These shows are very hot. Robert "Lopaka" Aguiar is the award winning Creative Director of Feast at Lele, Maui's premier Polynesian Dinner Show. For more information about the show, call Robert or his staff at (808) 667-5353, or go to FeastAtLele.com. Fire-knife dancing originally came from Samoa. Interesting fact:: k f s f s k f s f s FAVORITE FAVORITE MAUI'S MAUI'S 2 0 2 0 FE A ST A T LEL E – A S SEE N I N M AU I' S FA V O R I T ES M AGAZ I N E Polynesian Dinner show Polynesian Dinner show