Puerto Viejo Chocolate Making Class: From Bean to Bar Experience
4.8
70 Ratings
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca

Indulge in a hands-on chocolate making class in Puerto Viejo. Learn the history, intricacies, and processes of chocolate making while making your own delicious bar to take home.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Puerto Viejo de Talamanca - During our time together we will visit cacao trees and learn about their history, culture and medicinal uses. Then we’ll return to our chocolate making kitchen where we will learn about fermentation and the magical processes of turning a cacao seed into a chocolate bar. We will make a bar from beans from the farm,…
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What's Included
  • Tea and coffee
  • Snacks
Meal Options
  • Try fresh cacao fruit and fermented and dried beans! - Roasted cacao and chocolate!
Additional Information

Ever longed to produce your own chocolate or dive deep into the enchanting world of creating this beloved sweet delight? This course is just for you!
In a span of 3 hours, you’d embark on a historical journey, learning about everything from the tree’s history, the myths, to the substantial role that cacao and chocolate held in Mesoamerican cultures….

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Location
J6WQ+J3 Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
Playa Negra is just outside Puerto Viejo. We are the last building on the right on entrada pan dulce. Look for Talamanca Chocolate on google maps. We are the last building on the right, a low brown building with a green metal roof.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Ellen_s
Apr 8, 2025
Strong recommend - Fascinating & great value. Ansel is a delight; a font of wisdom & knowledge presented with passion & humour. I will be recommending her to my favourite podcaster, Blindboy, as a guest. I wish I'd recorded it to remember. Ansel - write a book!
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Ruth_c
Mar 30, 2025
Chocolate making - The owner of the chocolate factory is lovely and very knowledgable about Costa Rica and about chocolate making. It was a really enjoyable and highly informative experience. It was also great to have a hands on experience of chocolate making techniques. I would definitely recommend this activity.
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Nora_g
Mar 18, 2025
Best Tour in Costa Rica !!! - The tour was recommended to us by a girl and we were very enthusiastic. There was not a single negative point that we could complain about. The location is not far from Puerto Viejo and very easy to reach on foot, for those who do not have a scooter or bike. The woman was very very nice and could explain a lot of interesting information about cocoa but also about all sorts of things. We made a lot of chocolate and could eat and keep as much as we wanted. It was the most interesting tour we have done in Costa Rica and Panama. It's 100% worth the money. We recommend it to everyone, even for those who don't like chocolate so much.
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Amy_a
Feb 22, 2025
Great experience - We learned about the whole process of making chocolate from start to finish and got to try traditional hot chocolate, take home some chocolate and cacao beans.
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Carlota_s
Feb 16, 2025
It was a very interesting... - It was a very interesting experience, loved learning everything about chocolate. Would recommend to everyone!
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Isabelrcd
Dec 22, 2024
Amazing , strongly recommend! - We only have good things to say about this tour/ class. Very informative and tasty! It’s wonderful to hear someone so passionate about chocolate and the cocoa tree!
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Suzymarmalade
Nov 22, 2024
Lovely glimpse of life and history in Costa Rica - Lovely explanation of chocolate/cacao, its history in Costa Rica and its properties, followed by hands-on chocolate-making. We really enjoyed it; some of our group felt that the talk was too long and would have preferred more activity, others enjoyed the magic of the place and were content to listen.
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Stephanie
Jun 19, 2024
Beyond amazing - Ansel was so insightful with the history of the Cacao tree and its origins. Very passionate about what she does and made us drinks, let us roast our beans, and sent us on our way with tempered chocolate goodies. Must do
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Judy
Apr 2, 2024
A MUST!! - The best class I've had in a long, long time. I learned much about cacao trees and chocolate. This is a MUST tour!! Ansel is extremely informative and thorough.
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Adela_j
Apr 12, 2024
Not what I expected - The lady seemed passionate about chocolate making but this class was basically hours of just listening to her talk about the origins of chocolate which got pretty boring after 1 hour. I had hoped for more of a hands on experience which we barely got to do. She let us crack open some cacao beans and that was it. Eventually we got to taste the chocolate which she literally told us would be gross because they are not meant to be eaten. Even the hot chocolate she made for us was bitter and had no flavor.
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).