Chaqchao Chocolate Workshop: Historical Bean-to-Bar Experience with Tasting Session
4.9
72 Ratings
Arequipa
Immerse yourself in the fascinating history of cacao and learn the art of making chocolate from bean-to-bar at the Chaqchao Chocolate Workshop. Create your own chocolate bar and indulge in a chocolate tasting experience.
Duration:
2 hours, 15 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Santa Catalina 204 - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Between the 14th of December 2023 till the 8th of January 2024 we will be offering classes only at 2:45pm
Our classes normally run at 11am or 2:45pm. Please if you decide to book a chocolate class with us do not forget to send us a message telling us what time would you prefer the class.
The class runs for 2.5 hours and includes:
- Explanation of the bean to bar chocolate making process and history of cacao
- Roasting your own cacao beans
- Making your own cacao paste in the traditional Mexican style with a granite stone morter
- Making cacahuatil, an ancient Mexican drink.
- Blind taste of different chocolates to understand the differences between commercial and artisan chocolate
- Making your own chocolates with Andean grains, like quinoa, kiwicha, and coca to take home with you.
The class is taken within our Chaqchao café where we also sell organic Peruvian coffee, organic homemade desserts, craft Peruvian beer and of course our bean to bar chocolates.
What's Included
- Chocolate making machines
Meal Options
- Chocolate tasting - You will try up to 5 different chocolates
- Cacahuatl - You will get to make an ancient chocolate drink like the mexicans used to make
Additional Information
Embark on a captivating journey through cacao’s past, while acquiring the art of chocolate creation, from raw cocoa bean to finished chocolate bar.
Enroll in the workshop where you will personally craft chocolate, the time-honored beverage of Aztec rulers, and culminate the session by producing your own unique bar of chocolate to keep. Apart from this, the lesson will incorporate a chocolate sampling - are you capable of distinguishing between gourmet and mass-produced variants?
Location
Santa Catalina 204
Calle Santa Catalina
Our Chocolate Factory is located just one block from the famous Santa Catalina Monastery and a block and a half from the main plaza.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.9
(72 Ratings)
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Agata_k
Mar 29, 2024
Very fun! - So fun! We enjoyed the workshop very much - one of the highlights of our visit to Arequipa 🌟 big recommendation
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Naomifulton
Mar 14, 2024
Amazing and tasty experience in Arequipa - Amazing experience learning all about the origins of chocolate, roasting the beans, tasting different drinks and then making our own chocolates! It was absolutely delicious - we then tasted some real vs fake chocolates with all the tips we had learned! We had a great afternoon with Andres and would recommend to anyone who likes chocolate in Arequipa!
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Kaitlin_m
Jan 8, 2024
Loved it! - We learned so much about chocolate and loved this experience. Well worth the time and money! We would definitely recommend it.
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Austindq5044px
Dec 31, 2023
An amazing, immersive experience! Affordable and learned a lot about chocolate. - An amazing, immersive experience! Workshop is advertised as 2.5 hours, but you should plan for 3 hours. Cost is 80 solas (about $25). We started by touching and smelling dried cacao beans. Next, we chose some to roast in the oven for about 30 minutes. During the cooking, we were told about the history of chocolate. We used the shells of the cacao bean to make cacao tea, which was delicious! (Like tea, but smells and tastes like hot chocolate.) After de-shelling the roasted beans, we ground the beans using pestle & mortar to make our own cacao paste. The instructor then combined the cacao paste, chili powder, sugar, and water to make a hot chocolate drink, which was also delicious! Next, we went to the kitchen to learn about tempering chocolate and to make our own set of 12 chocolates. Finally, we tasted five chocolates and evaluated them based on cacao butter content, darkness, and whether they were real or fake chocolate. We did pretty well, which shows we learned a lot from the class!
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Ethan_r
Dec 24, 2023
Incredible - This was amazing! There were so many components to it and never a dull moment. Can't recommend it enough.
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H2171elelizabeths
Dec 6, 2023
Brilliant workshop - Absolutely brilliant - Andrés was fantastic as our workshop leader, he was clearly very knowledgeable, full of enthusiasm and we had so much fun. Thanks for a great session.
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Mariamf8391tc
Nov 18, 2023
great exerience. - great experience, we learned a lot and had fun. The instructor was very well informed and willing to share his knowledge with us. We also tasted the cacao beans and chocolate in all the process, while learning every step.
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Gabi_h
Nov 1, 2023
Fun & Lots of Chocolate - It was a last minute reservation and toke my teen niece. She really enjoyed the chocolate making. & the information provided was great. We learned so much and had a good time.
Our chocolateier was very friendly, energetic and seemed like he enjoyed what he did.
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Feracsta
Oct 25, 2023
It was amazing, fun and informative at the same time. - If we could we would give Andrés and the chaqchao chocolate factory a 20/10 rating. It was so fun and joyful, we learned so much about the cacao plant and chocolate - from its history to how it’s nowadays made. We also went to the chaqchao chocholate factory and we felt like in the movie Charlie and the chocolate factory. Andrés was very patient and showed us how to make our own pralines with several ingredients. We spend the whole afternoon there and it was worth every penny.
Thank you Andrés!
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D1ktw23765
Oct 11, 2023
Great activity in Arequipa. Chocolate making and tasting. Great fun - Fantastic chocolate making and tasting. Andres was really knowledgeable and interesting. ( he loves chocolate, wine and craft beers and is also an architect)I learnt everything about chocolate making and then made my own. We had chocolate tasting so I can now differentiate between high cocoa percentage chocolate and low. We tasted chocolate drinks. It really was such a great afternoon.I would recommend that you walk into the shop which is just behind Arequipa cathedral as it’s better to book in person as it’s a cheaper way of doing it. You enter it via Gringas restaurant. Such a fun few hours
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