Chocolate y Café

Our day started with a bus ride to Castillo del Cacao where we enjoyed a tour of the chocolate making process. During the tour, we got the chance to taste fresh Ron Bon’s, some of Castillo del Cacao’s famous chocolate rum bites topped with a cashew. At the end of the tour we purchased much of what they had to offer, ranging from baking cacao to roasted cacao nibs. Next on the agenda, we made our way to Solcafe which is a central processing plant involved with cooperatives of Cecocafe. We toured the building in which they shell, sort, and store some of the coffee beans before roasting them. After, we all gathered in a room to experience a true coffee tasting. Squashed around one turn table we smelled, tasted, and spit all forms of coffee and then gave our opinions. We were then allowed to purchase some delicious coffee to bring back home as we all thought it quality joe. This day was all part of our experience in global business and fair trade. It’s safe to say we used our brains as much as our money.

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GabrielaLaVela on June 13, 2013 at 11:40 pm

Yum! Coffee and chocolate. The scent of chocolate and coffee in their preparation must have been wonderful!

Becky Jaffee on June 14, 2013 at 7:06 am

I wonder if any of that coffee or chocolate will make it back to S.F.? One way or another, I hope you’re all enjoying it there in Nicaragua!
Much love!
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- GabrielaLaVela on June 14, 2013 at 2:12 pm
  
  Becky, that’s what I was thinking. 🙂
  
  If there’s no coffee or chocolate, there will be plenty of stories to share, I’m sure.
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keri on June 15, 2013 at 11:27 am

You can practically smell the coffee from the one photo. Nice photo bomb Syd. Definitely hope some coffe makes it home to SF. 🙂

Folco on June 16, 2013 at 10:28 pm

I love holding chickens. They are scary to catch but like a piggy to hold, no? …guinea pig=piggy

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