Puerto Viejo Chocolate Making Class: From Bean to Bar Experience
4.8
62 Ratings
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
Indulge in a hands-on chocolate making class in Puerto Viejo. Learn the history, intricacies, and processes of chocolate making while making your own delicious bar to take home.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Unnamed Road - During our time together we will visit cacao trees and learn about their history, culture and medicinal uses. Then we’ll return to our chocolate making kitchen where we will learn about fermentation and the magical processes of turning a cacao seed into a chocolate bar. We will make a bar from beans from the farm, covering every part of the process in exactly the way we make chocolate everyday. You’ll leave with roasted beans and fine chocolate!
What's Included
- Tea and coffee
- Snacks
Meal Options
- Try fresh cacao fruit and fermented and dried beans! - Roasted cacao and chocolate!
Additional Information
Ever longed to produce your own chocolate or dive deep into the enchanting world of creating this beloved sweet delight? This course is just for you!
In a span of 3 hours, you’d embark on a historical journey, learning about everything from the tree’s history, the myths, to the substantial role that cacao and chocolate held in Mesoamerican cultures. Needless to say, you’ll also be making chocolate. Starting from tasting the raw fruit to roasting, grinding, and separating the shell from the nibs, you’ll get the chance to work like a professional, crafting award-winning chocolate. You’ll discover some extraordinary medicinal benefits of chocolate before creating your own therapeutic chocolate to bring home. Lastly, you will temper freshly-melted chocolate and create your own bar to wrap and savour later.
There might be chocolate tours worldwide, but this one delivers a true hands-on experience - brace yourself for some chocolaty mess!
An entertaining and yummy class!
Location
J6WQ+J3 Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
Playa Negra is just outside Puerto Viejo. We are the last building on the right on entrada pan dulce. Look for Talamanca Chocolate on google maps. We are the last building on the right, a low brown building with a green metal roof.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(62 Ratings)
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Luciehs5805vo
Mar 15, 2024
Great value and very interesting tour - We absolutely loved this tour. Such good value. Ancel was lovely, informative and inspiring. She had a genuine passion for the history, value and symbolic meanings of cacao. We got to make delicious chocolate to take away with us.
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Ourfa_m
Mar 3, 2024
Educational - Amazing experience! Learned so much about cocoa and its connections to nature and humans! The history and how its the bar we buy today! Very interactive experience- we got to try every step of chocolate making and taste them too! Highly recommend
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Cheryl_o
Feb 4, 2024
Intimate, relaxed and... - Intimate, relaxed and educational. Enliven by friendly dogs and fowl. Of course, the chocolate was amazing. Highly recommend.
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Mitchell
Feb 3, 2024
Great class to learn about cacao and chocolate and to make some of your own! - Great class if you’re looking to learn this history of the cacao plant and some history of the area in general. We basically made the chocolate from bean to bar, tasting it at all different stages and everyone got to participate in all the processes. Learned quite a bit and had fun and some tasty snacks in the process! Highly recommend.
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Leigh_o
Jan 22, 2024
Amazing experience! - We had the most magical time. The farm was great. We got so hands on and learned so much! It was a full 3 hours of education, exploration and chocolate making!
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750stefanic
Jan 19, 2024
Sacred wisdom of cacao - One of the very best workshops I’ve ever done. Ansell is truly a font of deep wisdom and honours the sacred tradition of the cacao plant. You will never see chocolate again in the same light!
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Y2882kbelizabethw
Jan 16, 2024
A not to be missed experience - Excellent workshop. The owner is very knowledgeable and interesting. The farm organic approach is comprehensive and fascinating.
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Mibritt
Jan 15, 2024
The Talamanca chocolate tour was just wonderful. - This chocolate tour exceeded our expectations. We learned a lot about the cacao plant including what it needs to produce, but also the history of the area and how chocolate production has progressed. We participated in several activities and tasted the bean at various stages. We appreciated that the presentation was coherent, organized and allowed for questions without getting off topic. We left with a feeling of respect for chocolate along with little chocolate bars to enjoy later.
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Cynthia_f
Jan 15, 2024
Take this class! - Highly recommend! This class was interactive and very informative. Ansel provided in-depth information and history, and answered all of our questions. You’ll walk away with a new perspective of chocolate.
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Carmen_j
Jan 13, 2024
Great experience! - Really enjoyed this class. We learned so much more than we could’ve expected. Much respect and appreciation for the teacher’s kindness and awareness of the history of the cacao plant as well as the detrimental impacts of globalization on the lands, animals, and the people who grow cacao trees across the equator.
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