Puerto Viejo hands on chocolate making class. From bean to bar, get chocolatey!

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Chocolate Making, English

2 Adults x $45.00

$90.00

Approx Total

$90.00

Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
We’ll make a traditional Central American chocolate drink. Water will also be available.
We’ll be making two types of chocolate, a traditional style drink and a temperered chocolate. You’ll be sampling chocolate in every form throughout the workshop.

Overview

If you’ve ever wanted to make your own chocolate or learn all the wonderful intricacies and processes involved in making the world’s favourite treat, this is the class for you! In 3 hours you will travel through time: from the history of the tree, to the myths, to the very real and important part cacao and chocolate played in the cultures of Mesoamérica. And of course you’ll also be making chocolate. From trying the raw fruit to roasting, grinding and separating the shell from the nibs you’ll be working just like a professional making award winning chocolate. You’ll learn some of the amazing medicinal uses of chocolate before making your own chocolate ‘medicine’ to take home. Finally, you’ll temper freshly poured molten chocolate and you’ll make your own bar to wrap and enjoy later. There are chocolate tours all over the world, but this is a real hands on experience - you will get chocolate on you! A fun and delicious class!

Meeting points

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.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

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!

Sample Menu

DESSERT

Try fresh cacao fruit and fermented and dried beans!

Roasted cacao and chocolate!

Additional Info

Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

Free Cancellation

April 27100% refund

April 28No refund

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Amazing , strongly recommend!

Published on Dec, 2024

We only have good things to say about this tour/ class. Very informative and tasty! It’s wonderful to hear someone so passionate about chocolate and the cocoa tree!

Lovely glimpse of life and history in Costa Rica

Published on Nov, 2024

Lovely explanation of chocolate/cacao, its history in Costa Rica and its properties, followed by hands-on chocolate-making. We really enjoyed it; some of our group felt that the talk was too long and would have preferred more activity, others enjoyed the magic of the place and were content to listen.

Beyond amazing

Published on Jun, 2024

Ansel was so insightful with the history of the Cacao tree and its origins. Very passionate about what she does and made us drinks, let us roast our beans, and sent us on our way with tempered chocolate goodies. Must do

A MUST!!

Published on Apr, 2024

The best class I've had in a long, long time. I learned much about cacao trees and chocolate. This is a MUST tour!! Ansel is extremely informative and thorough.

Great value and very interesting tour

Published on Mar, 2024

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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