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Discover the history & know-how of cacao, with a traditional chocolate tasting

Guadeloupe

During this workshop of around an hour, Mikael will welcome you into his family garden, to discover the cultivation and traditions surrounding cacao. You will learn the ancestral techniques of planting, the secrets of the harvest and the subtleties of processing cacao.

The Cacao Workshop

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Anyone passionate about culture and history will love it! Hands-on activities and tastings at every stage of the process, for those with a sweet tooth. A chance to get stuck in and taste the delicious cacao-based creations.

Programme

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Step 1 : Arrival and welcome
Visitors are warmly welcomed and guided among the various fruit trees, spices and cacao trees, where they learn about the different stages of their growth.
Step 2 : Discovering cacao
Visitors watch the pod being opened and have the chance to taste the mucilage around the beans, discovering the first stage of processing cacao.
Step 3 : Discovering dried beans and hands-on roasting
The dried beans are presented to visitors, followed by a demonstration of roasting them. A further tasting is offered, to discover the aromas that roasting brings out.
Step 4 : Grinding the beans and making a cacao stick
Visitors watch the roasted cacao beans being ground and take part in quickly making a cacao stick — a hands-on step that draws them further into how it is made.
Step 5 : Making and tasting traditional hot chocolate
Visitors are invited to make and taste a delicious traditional hot chocolate from the cacao stick, a sensory experience rich in flavour. A friendly moment of conversation is held around the hot chocolate, and a presentation and sale of derived products and various spices is also offered.

Ce que comprend l’excursion

Discovering cacao + dried beans and roasting
Grinding the cacao beans + making a cacao stick
Making and tasting traditional hot chocolate
Conversation around the hot chocolate and an introduction to recycling

Durée: 1 hr
Groupe: Up to 15 people (or 2 groups of 15)

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Preferred date October 3, 2026 at the earliest — we ask for 14 days to arrange an outing.

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