For your average chocoholic, the words “Taiwanese chocolate” are an unusual combination. Taiwan’s chocolate production is neither extensive nor does it have the prestige that high-end chocolates from some other countries carry. And yet a small group of intrepid cocoa farmers here quietly press on, producing sophisticated chocolate that deserves far more attention from the world than it’s gotten. Each grower seems to have their own quirky story about how they got into growing such a rare crop for this part of the world, and retired couple Chang Tung-ming and Tseng Hui-ying are no exception. They went in knowing practically nothing about chocolate, and only got to where they are through a sometimes disastrous process of trial and error. But they now produce cocoa products full-time in Taiwan’s far south, and they also run a successful farm tourism business that brings in chocolate-lovers from across Taiwan.