CHOCOLATE TOURS
Reservation required
Available in Spanish, English and French
Tax is not included
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THE CACAO & CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE - 2 HOURS – USD $30
A GLIMPSE TO CACAO & CHOCOLATE – 1 hour– only private tours – from USD $90
THE CACAO & CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE - 2 HOURS -
MAKE YOUR OWN CHOCOLATE!!!
SCHEDULE 8:00 | 10:30 | 16:00
USD $30 per person
RESERVATION REQUIRED, 4 to 6 persons or small groups
PRIVATE TOUR available from $120, PERFECT FOR FAMILIES
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We start visiting our orchard (right next to the lecture room – almost no walking), to see the cocoa trees, its flowers and fruits. We will review the tree natural history and its cultural importance for Tortuguero and Costa Rica.
Inside the Caribbean style house and around our working table, we explain the artisanal process of harvesting, fermenting and drying the cocoa beans. It is a trip back in time to the ancient cultures of the Mayas, Aztecs and other Central American people, where cocoa was used as a ceremonial drink and as currency. It is a tour full of Colonial and Caribbean pirate stories, aromas and degustation of the “food of the gods” bean-to-cup and bean-to-bar. You will be “hands on” tasting the cocoa fruit, roasting the beans, separating the husk, grinding the beans on the table stone the indigenous way, and enjoying the indigenous and colonial chocolate beverage. We will talk about the industrial process; the cocoa butter; the dark, milk & white chocolate; the artisanal craft chocolate factories. By the end you will grind your own artisanal chocolate on the table stone.
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A GLIMPSE TO CACAO & CHOCOLATE -1 HOUR -
ONLY PRIVATE TOURS, from $90
We start visiting our orchard (right next to the lecture room – almost no walking), to see the cocoa trees, its flowers and fruits. We will review the tree natural history and its cultural importance for Tortuguero and Costa Rica.
Inside the Caribbean style house, we explain the artisanal process of harvesting, fermenting and drying the cocoa beans. We will talk about the use of cacao as ceremonial beverage and as currency. You will taste the cocoa fruit, smell the lovely aroma of the roasted beans; look at the process of separating the husk and the grinding of the beans on the table stone. We will talk about the industrial process; the cocoa butter; the dark, milk & white chocolate. You will enjoy the artisanal chocolate bites made in Casa Cecropia.
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