Welcome to the sweetest in France !
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Enjoy an expedition through secrets and stories of chocolate… a greedy walk through 3000 years of chocolate, from the Aztecan god Quetzacoalt to the modern industrial makers of chocolate.
Planete Musée Chocolat opens you its doors: a delight to the eyes!!
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From Myth to Reality
In the aztecal legend, there was a powerful King, Quetzacoalt. Who stole the gods the cocoa tree called “cacahuatl”: he wanted to offer to his people its divine nectar, the “xocoalt”.
Later, wishing to become immortal, the king drank a potion prepared by a wizard. He became silly, and left its people to rejoin the grounds of the paradise.
He promised to come back one day, placed under the sign of the reed.
On the 21 April, 1519, year precisely placed under the sign of the reed, the Spanish conquistadores arrived with Hernan Cortes.
The Aztecs, who were waiting impatiently for the return of Quetzacoalt envisaged for this day, confused him with Cortes. Without mistrust, the natives welcomed the conquistadores and offered them a bitter drink in gold cuts: The Xocoalt.
1520, the Spanish conquistadors brought seeds back home to Spain, where new recipes were created… and the drink’s popularity spread throughout Europe.
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| The Choco-Shop
The team is waiting for you for delicious discoveries and exquisite delectable treats!! Chocolate Wine – Decoration – Tourons – Macarons (speciality of the region) – Caramels – Chocolates of course : squares, lozenges, rectangles, rounds, ovals and other forms… a symphony of forms and colours redressed in dark, white or milk… chocolate. They’re cut, decorated and ornamented like jewels that we would like to offer and taste with relish. All of it created by hand!
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Greedy Tour : Hot Chocolate / Vanilla / Cinnamon by Serge Couzigou
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6 to 8 cups
250g of water
80g powdered cocoa
1 liter of milk
a pinch of salt
2/3g cinnamon
2/3g vanilla (liquid) | Boil the water, add the cocoa power.
Wisk for 10mns.
Add the salt, cinnamon and vanilla.
Pour the whole into 1 liter of boiling milk.
You can also add sugar |
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Every day except Sunday
10 a.m – 12 :30 p.m
14:30 a.m – 18:30 p.m
Last Admission at 17:45 p.m
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