Oaxaca: Chocolate-Making Class with Tasting and Tablet
ID: GYG1462953-2233170
Category:
Country: Mexico
Duration:
04:00 hours
Description
Discover Oaxaca’s chocolate-making traditions in a hands-on class. Learn about cacao varieties, make dark, semi-dark, and table chocolate, and take home a tablet of chocolate.
Discover Oaxaca’s chocolate-making traditions in a hands-on class. Learn about cacao varieties and make dark, semi-dark, and traditional table chocolate from scratch using a metate and stone mill.
Taste your creations, prepare traditional water-based hot chocolate, and take home one tablet of chocolate.
Enjoy an authentic chocolate-making experience and discover the fascinating process that transforms cacao into one of Oaxaca’s most beloved flavors.
During this hands-on class, you will learn about different types of cacao and make dark, semi-dark, and traditional table chocolate from scratch. Take part in every step of the process, from roasting the cacao beans and grinding them on a metate and stone mill to shaping the chocolate tablets and preparing traditional water-based hot chocolate.
At the end of the class, taste your creations and take home one tablet of chocolate.
Highlights
- Discover Oaxaca’s chocolate-making traditions in a hands-on class
- Learn about cacao varieties and make dark, semi-dark, and table chocolate
- Use a metate and stone mill to grind the cacao beans and shape the tablets
- Taste your creations and prepare traditional water-based hot chocolate
- Take home a tablet of chocolate to share with friends or family
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Please be ready at least 15 minutes before your departure time outside of your hotel/house.
INCLUDED
- Transportation
- Hands-on chocolate-making class
- Learn about cacao varieties
- Make dark, semi-dark, and traditional table chocolate
- Use a metate and stone mill
- Taste your creations
- Prepare traditional water-based hot chocolate
- Take home one tablet of chocolate
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
