Ever wonder where chocolate comes from? Here’s a peek! Along the border of Costa Rica and Panama is the River Yorkin, where an hour-long canoe ride will take you to a Bri Bri community that grows cocoa in the rainforest. While visiting with the Bri Bri community, we went hiking for cacao, learned how to roast the beans, and then ground them up by hand for pure raw chocolate. Watch our video below to see what what Costa Rican cacao is like!
About Rachelle Lucas
Rachelle is the founder of TheTravelBite.com and was named one of USA Today's 10Best Food and Travel Bloggers. She believes the best way to learn about a destination is through its flavors and collects recipes from her trips to recreate them here on The Travel Bite. In her spare time she enjoys running and yoga to balance out her food obsession.
Now I need a chocolate fix! Delicious and fascinating.
What a great experience! Thanks for sharing! Now it looks like we need to make travel plans and take a trip to Costa Rica!
Wow, that’s not what I expected it to look like…kinda gooey, huh? Fascinating. I absolutely LOVE Costa Rica. Makes me want to go back. Pura vida 🙂
Costa Rica has been on my bucket list for sometime now and this makes me want to go to Costa Rica on a quest for CHOCOLATE! 🙂
Thanks for taking the time to produce such a quality presentation. FAB production… nice mix of video and still photography.
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s Mrs. Willy Wonka! Wonderful! Thanks for sharing the secret of the only true food group!
Brings back memories of my trip to Costa Rica. Pura vida!
What a wonderful journey by water and land with a delicious reward at the end! There’s magic found in the natural beauty and experienced soulfully by the traveler!
WOW!!! Calorie Free Chocolate, I like it. It appears Pete was able to burn all the calories before actually eating it! Thank you for sharing, now I need to add Costa Rica to my places to visit.
Chocolate and Costa Rica… sounds like PERFECTION!! Great video… I’m so inspired!
Very cool Rachelle – Loved this look on chocolate making in Costa Rica. When I went, I did a coffee and pottery tour but not chocolate unfortunately. This makes me want to go back!
Oh my! I might have to add this to our upcoming Costa Rica trip!