Casa Cacao - Journey From Cacao Bean to Chocolate
Embark on a chocolate journey from bean to bar. Grind cacao in a molcajete, craft authentic drinks with ancient spices, and create your own chocolate bar that links past to present.
10 meals
Experience Details
Discover the 4000 year old roots of true chocolate. Hand grind your very own chocolate using the traditional molcajete. Prepare your authentic chocolate drink with a selection of the very same spices that would have been used in ancient Yucatan. Discover chocolate's link to the modern day by crafting your very own chocolate bar, a modern innovation.
Sample Menu
What You Get
Good To Know
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Wheelchair accessible
What You’ll Experience
Start Time
Start Time / Opening HoursMeeting & Pickup
Meeting PointC. 49 499b, Calle 49, Yucatán, Mexico, MX, 97000
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End PointThis experience ends at the meeting point.
Cancellation Policy
For experiences with opening hours, the cancellation deadline is 24 hours before the earliest opening time on the scheduled date.
What a great hands-on experience making chocolate goodies! Josh is very knowledgeable about the whole process from growing cacao pods to the finished chocolate drinks and chocolate bars, and to con...read more
Excellent hands on experience making both a chocolate drink and molded choclate while learning where cacao is sourced, its importance in Mexican culture and techniques ancient and modern for chocol...read more
We kind of found Casa Cacao by accident. It showed up on the map, two blocks from our hotel, when I was looking for something else. Of course I had to look into a place named Case Cacao so I found ...read more
Wow what a great hands on experience both our hosts were incredible warm and knowledgeable. Highly recommended to experience this class
Incredible experience. Super nice people, a very interesting experience and the chocolate bars and hot chocolate we made had really nice flavour!
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