A mother from Tagbilaran City, Bohol has managed to send her five kids to college from the earnings that she saved from making and selling homemade tableya (cacao tablets). CDNDigital
Elsa Polot prepares her famous sikwati. | Doris C. Bongcac
The Polot family has also transformed their small family home in Barangay Booy into a Chocolate House that is now a favorite destination for locals and foreign guests who wanted to taste Elsa’s famous hot choco. Dalareich Polot shows the APEC 2019 Business Efficiency and Success Target Award that she won. She is joined in the photo by her mother, Elsa.Elsa said she never thought that she would enjoy the kind of life that she now had.
Shoes that are made from white chocolate are on display as an added attraction at the Dalareich Chocolate House.Elsa said that she would sweep the streets of Tagbilaran City at dawn then she would start to roast cacao beans when she would get home by 8 a.m.When Boholanos started to take notice of her small business, the demand for her tableya also started to grow.When she started to produce more, she also started to supply malls in the city.Dalareich ask guests to sample sone of their products.
With the lifting of pandemic restrictions, five of their workers were again asked to report for work. They also have several OJTs working at the Chocolate House.
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