Hands on chocolate making class. From bean to bar, Puerto Viejo
Overview
Creating chocolate from cacao offers a unique opportunity to understand the cultural significance of this beloved treat. This hands-on class will guide you through the fascinating processes involved in chocolate making.
- 🍫 Learn about the history of cacao, including its myths and cultural importance in Mesoamérica.
- 👩🍳 Make chocolate yourself by roasting, grinding, and separating nibs from the shell.
- 🩺 Discover medicinal uses of chocolate and create your own chocolate ‘medicine’ to take home.
- 🍬 Temper molten chocolate and craft your own bar to wrap and enjoy later.
- ⚠️ Be prepared for a messy experience as you will get chocolate on you!
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
- We’ll make a refreshing medicinal cacao tea drink. Water will also be available.
- Guests are invited to try cacao and chocolate in the class. We always hope to have fresh cacao fruit to try (when in season), we also try fermented dried and roasted beans and of course chocolate!
- thank you! Enjoy 10% off all food purchases on the same day.
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We'll begin beside living cacao trees, where you'll learn how cacao has been cultivated, prepared and understood across different cultures. Back in our workshop you'll roast, crack, winnow, grind, refine, temper and mould your own chocolate using the same small-batch methods we use every day.
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met,
you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.