Barcelona Bean-to-Bar Chocolate-Making Cooking Class

Learn Bean-to-Bar chocolate-making in Barcelona with a hands-on workshop led by a professional instructor in English, Spanish, and Catalan.

Getting started

Check in at Kina Chocolate a few minutes before your scheduled 2-hour session so you can settle in without rushing. You first meet your professional chocolate instructor and receive all ingredients and workshop materials at your station. After a short introduction to the plan for the hands-on Bean-to-Bar chocolate workshop, the class moves straight into working with cacao.

What to expect

Kina Chocolate bean-to-bar workshop

Across this workshop, you go from raw cacao beans to your own finished chocolate bar while exploring cacao’s origins and flavors in Barcelona.

Features

• Begin with an introduction to cacao and chocolate-making, where you learn about Peruvian cacao, its origins, and its characteristics as you look at and handle the raw beans. This sets the context for understanding the entire “Bean to Bar” process from cacao bean to finished chocolate bar.
• Take part in a fully hands-on Bean-to-Bar chocolate workshop as you roast, peel, and grind cacao beans yourself, following step-by-step guidance. This practical sequence lets you see and feel how the texture, aroma, and flavor change at each stage.
• A professional chocolate instructor leads the session, guiding you through every phase while keeping the class accessible even if you have no prior experience. The class is taught in English, Spanish, and Catalan, so you can follow explanations and ask questions in the language you are most comfortable with.
• Explore cacao tasting and a sensory experience that focuses on flavor, aroma, and mouthfeel at different points in the process. You will also prepare different cacao-based beverages, learning how traditional cacao drinks are built from the same ingredients you are working with at your table.
• All ingredients and workshop materials are provided for you, from the cacao itself to the professional tools needed to process and shape it. This allows you to focus entirely on the creative and sensory side of the activity without bringing anything along.
• Toward the end of the class, you move into the creation and personalization of your chocolate bar, choosing how to design and finish it. You leave with a personalized 70g chocolate bar to take home, a souvenir you made yourself that captures the full Bean-to-Bar journey you have just experienced.