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Cacao House in Guadeloupe: learning and tasting!

Last updated on October 11, 2019 by Claire / this article contains affiliate links (Info)

A nice garden full of shade, old stories and tasting of many types of cacao and chocolate. Is that Heaven? Well, it might be for some people, however I do not really like chocoloate so...Not for me. But I still enjoyed the tour!

Cacao House Guadeloupe islands Basse Terre Maison du cacao

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INFO & PLANNING TIPS - GUADELOUPE CACAO HOUSE

The 'Maison du cacao' (cacao house) is a fairly small attracation in the Guadeloupe islands but worthwile if you like chocolate and would like to learn more about its history and how it is produced.

After paying the entrance fee, you can stroll through a small garden with displays of a lot of information (also in English) and interesting photos​. Then you will find old tools. At the end, you join the owners who are passionate people. They explain the successive steps of production and the products coming out of the cacao as well as their benefits. You even get to taste some of those from the cacao bean, the butter, the paste, the hot chocolate, the chocolate liquor and more.

TIPS FOR TRAVEL PLANNING ADDICTS - Cacao House

Getting to the Guadeloupe Cacao House

  • West Coast of Basse Terre Island
  • at Pointe Noire, you will see the big signs from the main road

Visiting the Cacao House

  • Plan at a very minimum one hour. There is a lot to read and the explanations /tasting are very detailed. The people are passionnate about the subject
  • Check out their official website (however, only if you speak French). 
sign Maison du Cacao Pointe Noire Guadeloupe

Informative tour

The tour starts in the garden with Cacao trees and many displays full of information.

Maison du cacao garden tour Guadeloupe 1
Maison du cacao garden tour Guadeloupe 2

A nice small garden

On top of the informative walk, I really enjoyed the many plants around. Nice colors, textures and shapes

Guadeloupe plants 1
Guadeloupe plants 2
Guadeloupe plants 3

Finishing with a little show and degustation

Below you get an idea of how detail the show is. You really discover all the steps and products created from the cacao bean. You get to see and touch them and sometimes taste them.

Chocolate tasting Maison du cacao, Guadeloupe

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The cacao tree is also called "theobroma cocoa" which means "food of the Gods"?
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