The Perugina Tablo bars are my favorite candy that I’ve found in Perugia so I was thrilled to get to try samples of all the different flavors. This was by far my favorite part of the day. I don’t know who this lady was or what she was saying but all I know if that there was a huge table of chocolate in front of me and I tried (almost) every single one. It was all interesting enough but I was dying to eat some chocolate at this point.Īnd then the best part of the tour happened: TASTE TESTING. We learned about how the company began and about the iconic Baci candy that Perugina is known for. The tour of the Chocolate Factory began in a museum of history about the Perguina Company. I’m no longer welcome at the Factory (jk). We eventually made it to the front doors of the Factory, but not before I accidentally walked myself into the security office, thinking it was the entrance. In the end, we got back on the bus, tried to ask the bus driver to tell us when we got close, left when he opened the doors and said something to us in Italian and made some gestures, and then continued the rest of the way on foot again. Thus, we were only left with one option: start walking.Īs we made our way towards the next bus stop on foot, we desperately tried to figure out where we were and how far we were from the Chocolate Factory. We were now stuck in the middle of nowhere with no clue where we were or how to get where we were going. This was a bad time to be eye-balling it. After about 15 minutes, we figured we should be near our stop so we took our chances and hopped off. After finally locating the correct bus and purchasing our passes, we boarded the bus with a vague knowledge of where we were supposed to be getting off. Even with 4 weeks of Italian under my belt, navigating the Perugian bus system was more than difficult. This is about 20 minutes from the center of Perugia by bus and about 45 minutes from Perugia by American-tourists-who-don’t-know-how-to-use-Italian-Busses-trying-to-use-the-busses. The Perugina Chocolate Factory, or Casa del Cioccolato, is located in the San Sisto region of Perugia. But as a self-diagnosed chocolate addict, visiting the Chocolate Factory was the highlight of my week and nothing else can compare. But there is only one thing worth talking about this week: the Perugina Chocolate Factory. Don’t get me wrong, I did other fun stuff this week too. However, cocoa beans only became truly popularised during the 19th century with the development of famous factories such as Cadbury’s in England and Menier in France.Usually this would be where I would my “Week Four” post. The craftsman created new recipes combining chocolate with Orange blossom or sweet almonds. When Marie-Antoinette married Louis XVI in 1770, she brought her personal chocolate-maker with her to the Court, and he was given the official title of “Chocolate Maker to the Queen”. During the same period, the first chocolate-making machines were invented and several specialist workshops were set up in Paris. Louis XV’s mistresses, including Mme Du Barry, were equally fond of this exotic beverage which was particularly appreciated for its aphrodisiac virtues (or vices). The king sometimes even made his hot chocolate himself in the kitchens of his Private Apartments. However, it was Louis XV a century later who was thought to have been most fond of the drink. During the reign of Louis XIV, who popularised consumption in the Court, it became, in all its different forms, a habitual feature of Versailles cuisine. Chocolate was introduced in France in 1615 for the marriage of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria in Bayonne.
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