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Casa Cacao - Journey From Cacao Bean to Chocolate

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Summary
Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Location
Merida
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Duration
2 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 4 guests
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Language
English, Spanish
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Mobile or paper ticket accepted

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.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
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

DESSERT
Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, White Chocolate

What You Get

Snacks
1. Your own handmade chocolate bars. 2. Traditional cacao drink
Use of traditional grinding methods and moulds.

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

You will examine various types of cacao beans, and learn the process that goes on at the plantation before being made into chocolate. We will grind our roasted beans, and traditional ingredients together and taste the beverage that has been consumed in Mexico for millennia. You will also discover the modern side of chocolate, how to make your own chocolate bars to take with you.

Start Time

Start Time / Opening Hours
01/05/2020 - 11/06/2026
MONDAY
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SUNDAY
11:00 - 12:30, 18:00 - 19:30, 15:00 - 16:30, 13:00 - 14:30

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

C. 49 499b, Calle 49, Yucatán, Mexico, MX, 97000

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Meet in Cafe Riqueza in the front entrance or the side entrance.
End Point

This 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.

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from  $53.29 
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Please note: The price varies based on group size. The time is in Central Standard Time.
Free cancellation (24 hours notice)
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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals
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