AJAW Chocolate & Crafts

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Benque Viejo Rd, San Ignacio
Added by Jopie, at 14 December 2016

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• Kyle Sevits

  12 April 2018

  The family that runs AJAW is very friendly and it was great to participate in hand crafting chocolate. Our high school students were not prepared for the darkness is the chocolate but I LOVED it!

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• Sangeetha Venkatraman

  21 March 2018

  Great experience learning how to make chocolate the traditional way.
  
  The chocolate is yummy although you should ask for extra honey of you are a kid or have a sweet tooth. This is the real stuff!

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• Luz Ornelas

  15 March 2018

  Cute chocolate making demonstration. It's a nice activity if you have time.

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• Corey H

  15 February 2018

  We did the tour at their facility in San Ignacio. It was an amazing educational experience. The whole thing was about an hour long and no dead air or down time.

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• Jennifer Miesen

  28 December 2017

  Fun and interesting presentation on the history of chocolate. Includes tastings. We loved it and highly recommend! Great for families.

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• Megan O'Hollaren

  28 December 2017

  What a find!! We happened upon this place and took their chocolate class and had such a blast!! They show you each step of the chocolate process and even let you taste the Coco beans in each stage. Then you get to grind chocolate how Mayan people traditionally did. They even make you traditional Mayan chocolate drinks. It's a wonderful combination of a cooking and history lesson. Definitely worth the $12 class fee!

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• Krista Myke

  03 November 2017

  Very cool if you want to learn about the roots of chocolate. Lovely people.

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• Joe Bernstein

  27 October 2017

  Wonderful and friendly hand ground chocolate maker. Nice taste, enjoyable experience.

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• Dennis OBrien

  06 July 2017

  What a great experience! Take cocoa beans and make chocolate. This was fantastic. Taste and smell experience. Grind the beans. Make hot chocolate. Drink it straight. Add honey, Add spices. Note the difference. Everyone should go here and experience and learn about where chocolate comes from, the delicate methods to make it and the joy of tasting real chocolate direct from the beans.

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• Michael Bauer

  24 June 2017

  Neat experience (more than I was expecting) but a little pricey in my opinion.

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• Adrian Choco

  12 May 2017

  Do Cacao Farm and Chocolate Making. Taste the Oldest Drink Made for the Mayan Elites. Taste fresh Cacao Pods at Farm.

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• Laura Wolf

  11 April 2017

  My boyfriend and I did the presentation (60 min) and absolutely loved it. We weren't sure it'd be worth the $12US a person, but it definitely was. Amazing experience and incredibly interesting. Very delcious as well. Thank you for the great experience! Note: Bring cash, since they don't have a credit card machine.

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• Nathalie Woloszyn

  16 February 2017

  Awesome experience. Adrian and Elida share their family knowledge of Maya traditional cacao significance. So neat to see local farming, agroforestry and then learn and participate in how chocolate it's made. Takes about 2 1/2 hours. Personalized (not a touristy afternoon) and you get to support a family business and tradition :)

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• Robert Buccigrossi

  04 February 2017

  Such a cool shop! They teach you how to make chocolate and let you try some different flavors. Great for a small family or couple.

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• Youssef Elkei

  11 January 2017

  Take a chocolate making tour in the little tin hut - you'll walk away with tons of rich deep dark chocolate, a hot chocolate, and a lot more knowledge of how your favorite sweet is made. Authentic Mayan teachings as well, and a look into the spirituality of chocolate for the Mayans.

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• Nina Nye

  21 December 2016

  A fascinating experience making your own chocolate from cacao beans, under the tutelage of a Mayan couple. Adrian and Elida's knowledge of chocolate and it's history is extensive and I learn something new every time I visit. Their chocolate is absolutely the best and without any added mystery chemicals

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