Chocolate Making Experience (Bean-to-Bar)

Make (and take home) your own dark chocolate! Sample lots of Zak's Chocolate along the way!

In this 4 hour event you will experience a combination of hands-on and demonstration of what it takes to make craft chocolate from bean to bar. Each participant will take home a containter of liquid chocolate you helped make as well your own hand-made chocolate disks, topped with an assortment of nuts, fruits, spices as you choose. Participants also receive a 10% discount on purchases the day of the event.

Sample chocolate at its various stages, including freshly roasted cacao nibs, partially stone-ground chocolate, fully ground 100% cacao and lots of finished chocolate.

Zak's Chocolate Making Experience also includes:

- an overview of cacao growing and the critical role cacao farmers play in how cacao is fermented and dried to impact flavor before the beans are exported, including a video of the process.

- a virtual (video) tour of Zak's small batch Chocolate Factory, showing how we sort, roast, crack, winnow, grind, conche, age & temper cocoa beans to create bean-to-bar craft chocolate bars, truffles, brownies and other tasty chocolate creations!

- a guided tasting of Zak's single-origin craft chocolates. Most of the tasting will be dark chocolate.

Please dress comfortably. Chocolate making can get messy. Aprons will be provided, but please dress accordingly. Zak's 

Event length: Approximatley 4 hours
Capacity: 8 guests; ages 12 and above please.

Date: August 18, 2018 1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Location: Zaks Chocolate | 6990 E. Shea Blvd. Sweet 116, Scottsdale, AZ 85254

Admission:

$95

Event website: eventbrite.com