Craft Bean to Bar Chocolate
At Cacao De La Bruja, we've been crafting artisanal bean to bar chocolate for a few years. Our founder, creatrix and head kitchen witch, Kerri, started this business almost by accident. Simply to satisfy her own craving for incredibly high quality chocolate delights. After sharing with friends and community, she realised this gift must be shared. She trained with the incredibly talented Mama Cacao (Juliet Davey) and continues to learn and develop the magic.
Today we continue to use only the finest organic ingredients and traditional techniques to produce divinely inspired Chocolates.
Earth
We select the finest cacao beans from farms from all over Costa Rica. At the farm the beans are fermented and dried in the sun.
Alchemy
When we receive the beans the transformation begins, we roast, peel and grind adding only organic sugar. The beans are refined in the melange for around 24 hours until they become a rich, smooth, dark chocolate.
Inspiration
The chocolate is then tempered, and much like wine tasting, depending on region, season and other factors, each batch has its very own flavour notes and profiles.
Chocolate Experience Workshops in Manuel Antonio - Costa Rica
Try your hand at making your own chocolate with Kerri. This unique, informative and fun experience is available as a private group booking for your family, friends or retreat group.
Suitable for all ages, this hands on immersive experience will tantalise your senses and blow your mind! Discover the magic of this ancient plant Theobroma Cacao.
Together we will discuss the history, health benefits and interesting facts about chocolate whilst making decadent vegan ganache truffles. Enjoy a tasting flight of single estate chocolates, each delicious in their own unique way. Delight in the natural notes and aromas of each piece. Are they floral, woody, nutty, fruity?! Custom experiences ~ prices vary - Between $45-85
Divinely Inspired
Intuitively pairing the natural notes of the chocolate with different delicious inclusions is a magical part of the process. Inspired by the cycles of the moon, Kerri pours and pairs medicinal herbs, berries, nuts and love into the chocolates.
Cacao Ceremony
Any time we gather together in sacred circle, in community with intention, this is ceremony. Add the magical plant medicine of Cacao and prepare for your heart to burst and overflow connected to source energy.
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Ancient tradition
Cacao has been facilitating peace and connection for thousands of years. Tribal leaders of Mayans, Aztecs, Mesoamerican peoples would meet and drink cacao together to assist resolving conflict peacefully and finding ways to move forward together.
Now, people all around the world are enjoying this beautiful, gentle plant medicine in moon ceremonies, yoga, dancing, coding, hiking, meditation, to find deeper heart connection and listen to their inner guidance.