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Make-Your-Own-Chocolate Experience
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
$126.54
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Chimalapa, a vibrant community in the Isthmus Region of Oaxaca, invites you to immerse yourself in the rich tradition of chocolate-making. Join a passionate guide from the Zoque ethnic group and learn to craft your own chocolate using time-honored techniques that you can replicate at home.
- 🍫 Make Your Own Chocolate Private Class: Enjoy a personalized experience where you'll create your own chocolate, guided by an expert from the Zoque community.
- 🗣️ English-speaking tour guide ensures you fully understand the cultural significance of each step in the chocolate-making process.
- ⏳ This engaging class lasts for 2 hours and 30 minutes, providing ample time to learn and create.
- 🌱 Suitable for all chocolate lovers, including vegetarians and vegans, this class caters to a diverse range of participants.
- 🌍 Begin with an introduction to the unique cocoa varieties of Oaxaca, exploring their distinct flavors and qualities.
- 🔥 Roast cocoa beans on a traditional clay comal sourced from San Marcos Tlapazola, connecting you to the local culture.
- ✋ Engage in the hands-on ritual of peeling cocoa, while learning about the history and significance of cacao in the Zoque community.
- 🥤 Customize your chocolate by selecting your preferred sugar percentage and regional ingredients, then learn to prepare a delicious cocoa-based drink.
- 🍽️ Conclude your experience by savoring your handmade chocolate drink alongside a delightful cocoa-based sandwich.
- 🚪 Wheelchair accessibility ensures that everyone can partake in this enriching cultural experience.
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Make Your Own Chocolate with Oaxacan Tradition Private Class
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Coffee and/or Tea
Meeting point
We will be waiting for you outside a cafe called "LIA".
Return details
We will be waiting for you outside a cafe called "LIA".
In this experience you will learn how to make your own chocolate, in a traditional way, imitating the process of our community.
We will start with an introduction to the world of cocoa from Oaxaca, to identify the organoleptic qualities of each seed, you will learn the difference between cocoa, commercial chocolate and a conscious chocolate.
Following the introduction, we will roast the cocoa in a clay comal, this comal comes from the community of San Marcos Tlapazola (Central Valleys, Oaxaca).
We will peel cocoa with our hands; Carrying out this ritual, we will tell part of the history and culture of Cacao in our community.
We will transform the cocoa into chocolate in an artisanal way.
Here you will choose the percentage of sugar for your chocolate, mixing it with different ingredients from the region.
To finish, we will teach you how to prepare your drink with a grinder; traditional kitchen utensil, which helps us to incorporate and integrate the chocolate.
We will close tasting your drink with a cocoa-based sandwich.
Each one takes their own chocolate made with their own hands.
Come and make your own Oaxacan chocolate, with local people!
We will start with an introduction to the world of cocoa from Oaxaca, to identify the organoleptic qualities of each seed, you will learn the difference between cocoa, commercial chocolate and a conscious chocolate.
Following the introduction, we will roast the cocoa in a clay comal, this comal comes from the community of San Marcos Tlapazola (Central Valleys, Oaxaca).
We will peel cocoa with our hands; Carrying out this ritual, we will tell part of the history and culture of Cacao in our community.
We will transform the cocoa into chocolate in an artisanal way.
Here you will choose the percentage of sugar for your chocolate, mixing it with different ingredients from the region.
To finish, we will teach you how to prepare your drink with a grinder; traditional kitchen utensil, which helps us to incorporate and integrate the chocolate.
We will close tasting your drink with a cocoa-based sandwich.
Each one takes their own chocolate made with their own hands.
Come and make your own Oaxacan chocolate, with local people!
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Make-Your-Own-Chocolate Experience
Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico
$126.54
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
—
You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
—
We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!