Discovering Chocolate

This 1-hour workshop is designed to introduce you to cacao and its remarkable journey from fruit to finished chocolate. You'll learn about each step in the chocolate-making process, from harvesting and fermentation to grinding and tempering, and gain insight into the health benefits and nutritional properties of cacao along the way.

For a delicious finale, you'll learn how to professionally taste chocolate and participate in a guided blind tasting of a variety of chocolates.

What You’ll Experience:

- Introduction to cacao and the chocolate-making process

- Tasting of fresh cacao fruit and roasted beans

- Discussion of cacao’s nutritional value and health benefits

- Professional chocolate tasting and blind flavor test

Location: Blue Valley Chocolate Factory, Playa Brasilito
Duration: 1 hour

Cost: $55 per person · Minimum 4 people or $220 total