Chocolate Workshop at ChocoMuseo in Miraflores

This chocolate workshop in Miraflores, at the ChocoMuseo, lets you follow cacao the whole way from bean to bar. It lasts two hours and is entirely hands-on, so you spend your time doing rather than watching.

You do every manual step yourself: choosing and roasting the beans, peeling off the husk, then grinding the nibs as the Maya once did. Along the way you learn the history behind cacao and why Peru produces some of the finest chocolate in the world. Most of the time you can also taste the surprising cacao fruit.

• Roasting, husking and grinding of the beans
• Hot chocolate, tried as the Maya and the conquistadores had it
• Your own chocolate bonbons, made with the ingredients you choose

All the materials are included, and you leave with 100 to 150 grams of organic handmade chocolate, provided you do not eat it all first. The class is run in English or Spanish by an instructor.