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Learn with us how to make your own chocolate bar, using our organic cocoa beans. During the class, you can also see some monkeys and other animals at Cacao Center.

Highlights

• Learn how to make your own artisanal chocolate
• Enjoy a pisco sour or a drink made by you.
• Enjoy our natural surroundings, with the chance to see monkeys and sloths.
• Cacao, chocolate, and other local products experience

Description

Welcome to Cacao Center, located in the heart of Puerto Maldonado, is our conservation center, organic coffee shop, chocolate shop and restaurant. In our experience taste fresh exotic fruits from our farm, including cacao fruit! - Learn the process of transforming cacao beans into chocolate. Roast, peel and grind your own selection of cacao beans while learning about the secrets of good artisan chocolate and the rich cultural history. - Refine your chocolate in our special cocoa grinder and witness the texture transform. While you wait for your cacao to harden, make and enjoy pisco sours with us! We will also sample various chocolates from our own house. Finally, go home with your own DIY chocolate bar and a whole new perspective on cacao, most importantly, the relationship between cacao and preservation, and how to use your choice of consumption to change the world of chocolate with us one bar at a time. Other things to note: Please let us know your language and dietary restrictions in advance, so we can accommodate. The entire process takes approximately 3 hours. Thank you!

Includes

Instructor (Spanish/English) Welcome juice Chocolate and cacao fruit tasting Materials to make your chocolate bar Pisco sour or other drink Handmade chocolate bar that you can take home with you

Easy cancellation

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund