Chocolate Tasting and Truffle-Making Workshop in Comalcalco

Casa del Cacao operates from a small storefront workshop in central Comalcalco, a short walk from the town's main plaza and a short taxi ride from the archaeological zone. The two-hour session opens with a guided tasting flight of single-origin chocolate bars made from the region's criollo cacao variety, prized for its lower bitterness and fruitier notes compared with the more common forastero cacao grown elsewhere in Mexico, tasted at several cacao percentages to show how the flavour shifts. The hands-on portion covers tempering melted chocolate to the correct working temperature and moulding it into truffles, which participants then dust or fill according to simple recipes demonstrated by the instructor. Because tempering is sensitive to Tabasco's heat and humidity, the workshop runs in an air-conditioned space, and participants are advised not to leave finished chocolate in a hot car afterward, since it will melt quickly in the tropical climate outside. The MXN 380 price includes the tasting flight, all workshop materials, and a box of six handmade truffles to take away. Sessions run for small groups and are conducted primarily in Spanish, with printed English materials available on request.