A video which will explain you everything about ChocoMuseo.
8:47 AM
2:53 PM
2:00 PM
First Chocolate Workshop - A success !!!
Yesterday, we had our first chocolate workshop with 5 future Chocolatiers and our 2 teachers: Daphne and Armando.
The workshop was a real success and the chocolate factory was really well decorated and prepared for welcoming our first customers.
During this workshop, Daphne explained them about the Cacao tree, the Cacao pods and how we obtain fermented cacao beans, the base for making a delicious chocolate.
Then everybody toasted the cacao beans on a comal in one of the patio and then pealed the cacao beans.
We prepared a cacao husk tea for everybody with the cacao husk. We then ground the cacao nibs to obtain a thick paste that we used for preparing different types of chocolate drinks (hot, cold nd Mayan style).
Finally, we had prepared some well-ground pure cacao paste for people to prepare their own chocolate adding sugar, vanilla, peanuts, cashews, coffee beans, almonds...
At the end of the chocolate workshop, everybody is going to leave with 16 chocolate that they made themselves.
We are now waiting for other future "chocolatier" and have some more fun preparing good organic chocolate.
The workshop was a real success and the chocolate factory was really well decorated and prepared for welcoming our first customers.
During this workshop, Daphne explained them about the Cacao tree, the Cacao pods and how we obtain fermented cacao beans, the base for making a delicious chocolate.
Then everybody toasted the cacao beans on a comal in one of the patio and then pealed the cacao beans.
We prepared a cacao husk tea for everybody with the cacao husk. We then ground the cacao nibs to obtain a thick paste that we used for preparing different types of chocolate drinks (hot, cold nd Mayan style).
Finally, we had prepared some well-ground pure cacao paste for people to prepare their own chocolate adding sugar, vanilla, peanuts, cashews, coffee beans, almonds...
At the end of the chocolate workshop, everybody is going to leave with 16 chocolate that they made themselves.
We are now waiting for other future "chocolatier" and have some more fun preparing good organic chocolate.
11:45 AM
A new Cacao Tree at ChocoMuseo
Pablo Carransa and his wooden cacao tree
Yesterday, we welcomed our new cacao tree made by Pablo Carransa, a reknowned artist from Nandasmo.
The tree has a real cacao trunk but the pods, flowers, leaves and cherelles are made out of wood, leather, fabric...
The result is really impressive for a 2.5 m high cacao tree.
6:30 PM
3:01 PM
First Cacao Farm Tour at la Calera
Yesterday we had our first Cacao Farm Tour with 5 clients from USA and Thailand.
The tour started with 20 minutes of a nice and fresh rain. After that, the sun came out for the whole day to follow us on our trip from the shores fo the lake Cocibolca to the Casa Hacienda passing through the Cacao plantations.
This time, the highlights of the trip were:
This time, the highlights of the trip were:
- The Congo monkeys that we saw twice: once while waiting for the rain to stop and the second time while swimming in the natural water press inside the rainforest: A unique moment!
- All the butterflies we saw during the whole day: Blue, yellow, big, small, red... Some even came to eat with us and even on the face of Ana one of our client.
- Tasting the white pulp around the beans inside the cacao pod: A culinary must!
- Thanks to the beautiful weather we had, the view over las Isletas was absolutely gorgeous.
- Finally, the swim in the thermal waters near the lake just before going back to Granada was really fantastic with this amazing feeling of being alone in the wild.
We all really enjoyed our trip and hope that a lot of other people will go on learning and having fun like we did today.
That's all folks! Next tour soon...
That's all folks! Next tour soon...
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