deep1 347 Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Prior to heading to Cozumel, I saw a hot button for my GF that would make her day. A Chocolate tour? I decided to educate myself on chocolate and its relation to the Mayan culture. While searching around I stumbled on a tour up in town. I compared it to the one the cruise line offered and due to its hands on nature and very small class size the tour at Kao Kao won the coin toss. I can see a couple reasons it isn't sanctioned by the cruise lines. Small class size would be short on profit and its located pretty far into the residential part of town off the beaten path. We had time to shop in their little store before the class began. Not just candy. Soaps, hair conditioner, perfume, hair rinse , body wash. My GF aired my wallet pretty good on this stop. Class. Extremely informative. I will forever look at chocolate differently after it. It's history is interesting . More or less a symbol of wealth even used as a sort of currency. We learned that chocolates that we normally see in the stores are sorry knock offs of the real deal. We tasted 27 different kinds of real chocolate and each unique. From there we made our own coarse dark chocolate bars while our guide prepared a native chocolate drink with a chili added for a really fascinating kicker. I took the tour as my GF is a chocolate aficionado. Thought I would be bored but really enjoyed every second of it. Never too old to learn something! spiralqueen, IRMO12HD and KristiZ 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GWENSEL 6 Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 Sounds yummy. How many hours was the tour experience. Did you have to take local transport to the place or did they do a pick up and drop. Could you share a link pls. deep1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deep1 347 Posted May 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 The tour itself about two hours log. Very hands on and informative. We took taxi. Its off beaten path in a fairly rough looking neighborhood but well protected by heavy gates... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christie 246 Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 We take a cab over to that place every time we visit Cozumel and stock up on chocolate. deep1 and JennyB 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
deep1 347 Posted May 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 2 hours ago, Christie said: We take a cab over to that place every time we visit Cozumel and stock up on chocolate. I was floored at the number of items they carry beyond edibles... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tiny blonde 213 Posted May 9, 2019 Report Share Posted May 9, 2019 It sounds great! I'm printing out a map to the place and will ask our jeep tour guide to take us there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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