AJAW Chocolate LTD.

I will never view chocolate the same way again. This historical chocolate making class was everything I wanted and more. We didn’t make sugar filled bars. Instead we learned about how sacred the chocolate drink and cocoa bean is. The teacher was very knowledge and we had a great time asking questions and learning. I highly recommend.

Very knowledgeable and fun to hear the Mayan stories and meaning. Had beautiful instruction on the pure ways the Mayans made chocolate and drank or as a ritual and be ordained at age 9. All in all a fun, interesting and enjoyable experience.

We had an absolutely phenomenal time at the chocolate making workshop. We learned so much and the hosts of the workshop did an incredible job teaching us the history of cacao and showing us how to make Mayan cacao beverages. Absolutely great!

I had done chocolate tours in the region before but this is my favorite so far. The chocolate production happens from soil to bar at Ajaw. During the class, we tasted cacao from every stage and learned a lot about the history of chocolate for the Maya. They also sell all the different cacao products they introduce during the tour. Definitely worth the visit.

We called in here based on reading reviews of what to do in San Ignacio and it didn’t disappoint. We didn’t sign up to do the course due to the fact we had already done one in Antigua and we were roasting as it was a hot day but Elida was so welcoming and helpful. We were able to buy loads of different variations of cacao from her shop and we had the cacao nibs ice cream which was delicious! She even was so kind to order us a taxi back to our hotel after. Thank you so much! We loved our time there!

I thoroughly enjoyed this chocolate making class! The staff were so nice and informative. It was really educational and you learn about the history of the Mayan and the significance of cacao. I enjoyed tasting the cacao at the different stages and drinking the hot chocolate! Watching them hand grind the cacao nibs gives you an appreciation for how chocolate was made back in the day as opposed to now we have factories and machines. And tasting everything organic without adding any milk or sugar was just like how they had it back then. I highly recommend this place. It’s $20usd and runs about 50min-1hr. They have classes every hour at the top of the hour! Don’t miss this experience

Amazing all around! The employees were SUPER nice and took the time to explain the whole chocolate-making 🍫 process from start to finish 🏁. We also got to taste 👅 test each stage, which I really enjoyed. You also learn some cool facts and a bit of history 📜. Come support this small business!!

What a great experience today with AJAW Chocolate! Adrian and Elida were so easy to work with in booking on their website, and we did the Combo tour with the visit to the cacao tree farm and then back to town for the tasting of the beans, chocolate teas and candies. This tour is chock (or choco?) full of very interesting info on the Mayan culture and traditional ways and modern farming challenges due to climate change and economics. Plus it’s great to taste the cacao beans right out of the fruit in the orchard and then in all its stages. This is a really good tour hosted by very nice people.