Englische Führungen

No chocolate without cocoa? But who actually farms cocoa? What does a typical day for a cocoa farmer in cocoa-producing countries look like? On this tour, we present the work and living standards in the most important cocoa-producing regions. We explain to you how the lives of cocoa farmers have improved and what still needs to be done. 

In addition, we discuss the seals, programmes and initiatives dedicated to sustainable and fair cocoa production. You will find out the key facts about the activities and campaigns run by chocolate producers and the chocolate trade. You then learn what each of us can do so that all can benefit from the sustainable manufacture of chocolate products.

For school groups from middle-school levels upwards, we offer an extended general tour. Try unfinished chocolate from various stages of production and discover where the beans can be found in the cocoa fruit. You can also peel and taste a real cocoa bean.

Does chocolate grow on trees? Has there always been chocolate? Come and discover where cocoa grows and how it is cultivated and harvested. Follow the long journey from cocoa bean to liquid chocolate and take a look at the machines in the glass-walled chocolate factory. Here, you can see how chocolate bars, Easter bunnies, Father Christmases and truffles are made. The exhibition "Brown gold – Sweet seduction" reveals how long chocolate has been enjoyed and why it took more than 4000 years before everyone had access to chocolate. Including you: tasting at the chocolate fountain is part of the tour.

Suitable for middle and upper school levels.

The tour begins with the cultivation and harvest of cocoa and enables you to discover the long journey of the cocoa bean from the plantations in the tropics to the finished chocolate product. In our cultural history section "Brown gold – Sweet seduction", we show you the colourful history of cocoa, ranging from cult drink of the Maya and Aztecs in pre-Columbian America, the luxury drink of the baroque aristocracy through to the instantly available treat for all that it has become today.

In the glass-walled chocolate factory, we show you the industrial methods used today to produce chocolate bars, chocolate figures and truffles. In our chocolate workshop, you can watch our master chocolatiers practise their craft and you can even have your own unique chocolate bar made.