Choco Story Prague

Should you ever have the opportunity to visit Prague, the golden capital of Czech Republic, be sure not to miss the Chocomuseum Choco Story in downtown Prague. This year Choco Story celebrates its tenth anniversary and it’s all worth a visit. Stretched over two floors Choco Story gives not only an excellent overview about the history of chocolate, about present and past (and long forgotten) chocolate brands but also offers the visitor the opportunity to attend a live demonstration of how chocolate is made. Did you know that Iraq and Bangladesh for instance have had their own chocolate brands in the past? In Choco Story you can find out more about it.

It is always useful to remind ourselves that chocolate isn’t necessarily the same as chocolate. Quality and price differ and so can for instance also the type of cacao chosen. Prague chocolate museum through its exhibition explains very nicely the various steps from bean to bar and also introduces us to the historical origins of chocolate several centuries ago in what is nowadays Mexico.

It is one of not that many chocolate museums in Europe (other cities with a chocolate museum are for instance Cologne and Hamburg in Germany but also Brugge in Belgium) and was founded in 2008.

At the end of your tour you also have the opportunity to purchase a chocolate brand (or more) of your choice and many visitors will be interested to learn that over the last years Czech Republic has come up with some local new chocolate brands such as for instance Steiner & Kovarik or Chocoland to name only two. A nice anecdote when we arrived at Prague airport and asked the taxi driver to bring us to Choco story , he himself wasn’t aware that there is such place for chocolate lovers in his own city and after he asked us more details he decided that he will pay it a visit too soon.