Opening day @ ChocoMuseo

The 17th of July is an important day for ChocoMuseo.

We opened and had quite a good success for a first day. Approximately 50 visitors came to see the brand new ChocoMuseo.

Here are some pictures of our first day.


For this first day we offered some chocolate cakes and people enjoyed coming in the factory room and smell the good taste of the chocolate.

Now it is time to close and go to bed !!!

Opening day @ ChocoMuseo

ChocoMuseo - Work in progress

Soon available, ChocoMuseo...



We are working hard to open the first and unique Cacao and Chocolate Museum in Granada, Nicaragua.


Here are some pictures of the installation.



Today we are making the chocolate for selling it at the museum and finishing the last decoration touchs.

ChocoMuseo - Work in progress

Preparing the Cacao Tour @ La Calera

Last Saturday, we went to the private nature reserve La Calera at the bottom of Mombacho Volcan.


Ervin, guide and guard of the reserve was waiting for us at the Marina Cocibolca port.

The objective of the day was to prepare the cacao tour we will organise in las isletas in Granada.

We first took a boat across las isletas where we could enjoy birdwatching.

Then wneh we arrived at La Calera, the horses were waiting for us for a horse back ride through the tropical rainforest.

After 30 minutes we arrived to the cacao plantations where we could admire this fantastic tree with pods growing on the trunk.

We went on our trip towards La Casa Hacienda where the lunch will be taken with a view overlooking las Isletas. A natural water pool can be found 100 meters from La Hacienda in the middle of the rainforest (like Ojo de Agua on Ometepe Island).

We took our horses back and learnt more about plantains and coffee growing. We then went to swim in the natural volcanic thermal waters for a while.

Ervin was there waiting for us in a small boat for a boat ride through the mangrove forest.

Our trip for you will finish with a nice tasting of artisanal chocolate made at ChocoMuseo.

More information on the tour will be available soon.

This tour will be the most interesting and complete tour in Granada.

Preparing the Cacao Tour @ La Calera

On the road to Matiguas

Last week, we went to get our cacao in the north of Nicaragua in Matiguas.

Matiguas is situated about 4 hours drive from Granada.

We went to visit la "Cooperativa Cacaotera la Campesina"

The cacao produced by the 500 farmers is mainly organic and certified by BioLatina.

It is known to have a great flavour and is a mix of Criollo type and Forastero type.

For our chocolate at ChocoMuseo we bought 100% Organic Cacao

Then we went to visit one of the cacao plantation near Rio Blanco (30 minutes from La Campesina) : It is Armando's farm with 5.6 Hectares of cacao plantation (about 6000 cacao trees)

Armando showed us his plantation and also the bio fertilizer he was using for its trees to grow.

Armando has one of the most productive cacao plantation and the seeds from his trees are used to improve genetically the plantation of the cooperativa.

In the museum, you will be able to read more about "la Cooperativa Cacaotera la Campesina" and also on Armando's farm

On the road to Matiguas

Welcoming our new cacao tree

Less than a month from the opening day, we received today our cacao tree for the museum.


It was brought by Yvette working for a "vivero" in Catarina (15 miles from Granada).

The cacao tree was planted in the first patio of the Hotel Spa Granada near the chocolate museum.


It is under our mango tree so that it is under the shade all day long. We need to water it three times a day.


We also installed some coffee plants for the coffee place area.

Welcoming our new cacao tree

The chocolate factory

For about one month, we are processing our own chocolate.

The cacao comes from different part of Nicaragua : Mombacho volcano, Matiguas (North of the country) and Rio San Juan (South of the country).

After roasting the fermented seeds and removing the husk, we grind the cacao nibs at "el molino".
Then we mix the cacao paste in the "Melangeur" with only sugar for about 12 to 28 hours.
The chocolate is delicious and we can really taste the cacao.
This chocolate will be for sale at the Museum shop.

The chocolate factory