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Cozumel: Chocolate Workshop at The Mayan Cacao Company
16 ReviewsDelight your senses in this workshop by making your own chocolate bar using cacao beans. Learn the Mayans' traditional way of making chocolate as you grind the beans using a pre-Hispanic Metate.
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Highlights
- Learn about the Mayans' traditional chocolate-making process
- Make your own handmade chocolate bar
- Have a taste of 13 artisanal chocolates
Description
Come and take a journey through time with this chocolate workshop at the Mayan Cacao Company. Uncover the secrets of the ancient Mayan civilization and learn how chocolate formed such a central role in their social and religious life. Start your workshop by hearing about how Cacao figured into pre-modern Mayan society as a sacred food, sign of prestige, social centerpiece, and cultural touchstone. Then, you will be walked through the traditional chocolate-making process. Create your own chocolate bar with the cacao seeds the Mayans used in rituals and ceremonies to honor their gods. Grind them in a traditional pre-hispanic Metate, mix in simple ingredients, and take a piece of Mexican gastronomic culture with your own handmade chocolate bar. After the workshop, visit the chocolate boutique and give your taste buds a treat by trying 13 different artisanal chocolates.Includes
The Mayan Cacao Company entrance fee Chocolate tasting Ingredients and tools to make the chocolate barImportant Information
- This workshop is not recommended for guests with chocolate or nut allergies. The tour is not wheelchair accesible
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