The last thing I did with my two Australian friends was take a chocolate making class at Cusco's Chocolate Museum. I figured why not? It turned out to be so much fun!
We learned all about how cacao is grown and how many seeds it takes to produce just one high quality chocolate bar- 15. I was surprised to find out how much chocolate is exported from Peru, considering they don't sell that much chocolate in the stores and they don't use chocolate in their cooking, outside of sweets.
We started off roasting the beans, learned how to grind it into a paste, blend it to make a delicious chocolate and then create different flavors (quinoa, chili, maka) and put into molds. At the end of it all, we had some delicious chocolate to show for all our 
hard work!
It was a great time and a surprise highlight!
Awesome, it seems that you are having fun. We have to take you to the Chocolate Kingdgom here, they also show you how to make your own chocolate bar from roasting the cacau beans and all. Did you get to try the bean? It's pretty bitter, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteAnyways, Mark and Djanira are going to try to see the match Fluminense x Orlando (soccer team). That should be a good game.
Thank you for keeping us posted on your adventures!
Angelica