From Bean to Bar: A Chocolate Making Experience in the Heart of Puerto Viejo
Cacao Huasi – Chocolate Culture in Puerto Viejo
Experience the Magic of Chocolate by the Caribbean Sea
Welcome to Cacao Huasi, the heart of Puerto Viejo’s chocolate culture. We craft award-winning organic tree-to-bar chocolate and offer the only hands-on bean-to-bar chocolate making class in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.
Just steps from the beach and a stone’s throw from our 48-acre certified permaculture cacao and fruit farm, Cacao Huasi is where chocolate, culture, and the Caribbean come together.
Our Signature Experiences
Hands-On Bean-to-Bar Chocolate Class
Join our 2-hour chocolate making class (available in English and Spanish) and create your own chocolate from scratch! Roast, peel, grind, and mold your own bar while learning the secrets of true tree-to-bar chocolate making.
Chocolate Pairings with Rum or Wine
Turn an ordinary evening into a Caribbean date night. Savor curated pairings of chocolate with rum or wine on our terrace with breathtaking sunset views over the hills and jungle.
Farm Tours
Discover where the magic begins—walk through our cacao and fruit farm, learn about permaculture practices, and taste cacao at its source.
Watercolor & Chocolate Experience
Explore your senses in a unique way—paint what you taste as you sample chocolates of different origins and flavors. Will it be color, shapes, or forms that come to life?
Taste the Locals
Taste chocolates from seven local tree-to-bar producers, hear their stories, and learn what makes each one unique in our intimate chocolate sessions.
Cacao Huasi, avenida 73, Puerto Viejo
cacaohuasi@gmail.com
+506 8910-9318
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