More on the Chocolate 101 Package - Ixcacao

The first tour of the package is a visit to Ixcacao, the only Maya Chocolatiers in Belize. Ixcacao is owned by our friends, Juan and Abelina, and is located in San Felipe, the village 3 miles down the gravel road from us. They have their factory, tour facility where you eat lunch or dinner, and a shop where they sell their chocolate and cacao products. They also have their cacao farm which is part of the Gold Tour. Juan is a very knowledgeable guide, both on cacao and its history in the Maya culture. This tour introduces you to cacao and how it has come to us today after its long use by the Maya. You get to make kukul, the Maya chocolate drink, using the metate(the stone grinder) in the ancient way. Abelina makes you a wonderful farm-to-table meal and you have the opportunity to buy some of the mouth-watering chocolate. This starts the tour package and gets you ready for the second day when you learn the more mechanized, modern way of making fine chocolate at Belcampo. Can't you just taste it?