PLANTATION MILLOT (AT MADO)
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Mado la Camerounaise offers a truly fascinating tour of the Millot plantations, created by Lucien Millot at the beginning of the 20th century. The French chocolate maker Valrhona bought 40% of the plantation and mainly grows cocoa, which is exported to the best restaurants in the world, but also spices (pepper, allspice, combava, etc.), vanilla, lemongrass, patchouli, vetiver, ravintsara and ylang-ylang. It is possible to have lunch on the spot (La Maison du Planteur): table d'hôtes atmosphere and meal according to the inspiration (fish with combava, chicken coconut, chicken carry, ravitoto and dessert... with chocolate of course!) Mado also offers simple but comfortable guest rooms. The visit is very enriching and allows you to meet the employees and to see the different stages of the cocoa harvest, from the tree to the finishing (just before exporting) through the drying and maceration... This is why the visits take place in the morning. You will also have the opportunity to discover the process of distillation of essential oils. We do not hide it to you, Mado has a sacred character (that passes or that breaks, we adore it!). She has the merit of employing 600 people (and covering the social benefits of their families) and just to support this sumptuous social and economic life, a stop in the Millot plantation is particularly recommended!
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Nous avons passé une soirée en chambre d'hôtes, très confortables, avec la climatisation et de l'électricité de 17h à 22h30. Mado étant absente, c'est son mari, le régisseur de la plantation qui nous a reçus à sa table avec son fils et sa fille, dans sa salle à manger magnifiquement décorée. Très bonne cuisine familiale. Le lendemain, après un déjeuner copieux, nous avons visité la plantation : pépinières, ateliers de séchage des fèves de cacao, distillerie et diverses cultures : Ylang-ylang, vetiver, cacao, baies rouges... Une très bonne adresse.
De plus lors du départ alors que nous avions tout payé supplément demandé ?. Étant donné notre refus nous avons été littéralement "fichu dehors avec nos bagages" nous supposons que le taxi que nous avions commandé a été décommandé par les propriétaires.Scandaleux!!
Comportement colonialiste des propriétaires (couple Franco-Camerourais)avec son personnel.