Chocolate and Ice Cream tour
Tuscany, and Florence in particular, had a very important role in the introduction and diffusion of chocolate in Italy. Chocolate used to be drunk in the form of hot liquid cream and the Medici family loved this nectar as soon as they tasted it. Cosimo III got his personal scientist to create a special new blend, the recipe of which was guarded as a Medici “state secret”. This is the special jasmine chocolate recipe, known as the “Granduke recipe”, that has been recreated by the Vestri family and that you can taste with us in the Vestri laboratory in Florence. In the morning we'll visit the laboratory Coccole e Cioccolato with demonstration and tasting. Then we’ll have a light lunch in Gastone Restaurant, well known in Florence for its fantastic desserts. After lunch we’ll move on to the Vestri laboratory for a chocolate tasting and to the Ice cream laboratory “Gourmet gelateria”, for demonstration and tasting.
The program:
- 10:00 Meeting at Dante monument in S.Croce Square or at your hotel in Florence
- 10:30 Visit to the Coccole e Cioccolato laboratory. Guided chocolate tasting
- 11:30 Visit Vestri laboratory. Guided chocolate and ice-cream tasting
- 13:00 Lunch at La Cucina del Ghianda Restaurant with its fabulous desserts
- 14:30 Visit to Il Gourmet ice cream laboratory and ice cream tasting
- 16:00 You are back to your location
Day program (10:00 – 16:00) includes: English-speaking guide, guided visits with tastings, lunch with a Tuscan menu and wine.
