ARTISANAL CHOCOLATE TOUR

The Artisanal Chocolate Tour is an educational and sensory experience ideal for all ages, where you'll discover the fascinating process of cacao from tree to conventional chocolate. Through a practical and participatory demonstration, you'll learn about the history, cultivation, and transformation of cacao, one of the most emblematic products of Costa Rica. The experience begins with a guided tour through an old cacao plantation combined with natural forest. During the walk, our guides will share information about cacao plants, their flowers and fruits, production methods, natural dispersal, and the importance of cacao in local culture and biodiversity. Next, you'll learn about and taste each stage of the artisanal chocolate process, including fermentation, drying, roasting, sifting, and grinding of cacao. While preparing the pure cacao paste, we also make a delicious hot chocolate drink that you can customize with ingredients like sugar, milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and other natural flavors. To complete the experience, we explain part of the industrial chocolate process, allowing you to compare artisanal and modern methods. The tour ends with a tasting of liquid chocolate, both dark and milk, and a selection of solid samples of artisanal and industrial chocolate, providing a complete sensory experience.