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$5 for Two Tickets to a Factory Tour at Taza Chocolate in Somerville ($10 Value)

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According to a recent survey, people have listed chocolate as their preferred cause of death, followed closely by "money avalanche" and "dangerously high exposure to nudity." Get one foot in the tastiest grave with today's Groupon: for $5, you get two tickets to tour of the Taza Chocolate factory in Somerville (a $10 value). Tours are 45 minutes long and take place on Thursdays and Fridays at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 10 a.m., 12 p.m., 2 p.m., and 4 p.m., though no chocolate is manufactured on Saturdays and the factory does not operate on Sundays.

Taza Chocolate’s artisan bean-to-bar factory skillfully crafts a decadent collection of Mexican-style chocolate through its organic stone-ground techniques. Up to 18 sightseers convene on this 45-minute tour across Taza’s formidable fleet of vintage chocolate-making machines, providing each guest with intimate ganders at the floor’s roaring roaster and winnower as well as the vast packaging space and endearing oompa loompa dormitories tucked deep inside its cavernous confines.

Listen as an expert docent amicably imparts the upbringing of each cacao bean and the direct trade practices Taza uses to procure them, as well as how authentic Mexican molinos aid in the stone grinding of its delectable sweets. Guests can savor the gritty flavor of the factory’s flavorsome confections throughout the tour, taking time afterwards to browse its selection of purchase-able, packaged sweets and Factory Limited chocolates in search of a conciliatory gift to spurned sweet teeth (additional products not included with today's Groupon).

Need to know info

Promotional value expires Jan 21, 2012. Amount paid never expires. Limit 1 per person, may buy multiple as gifts. Limit 1 per visit. Reservation required. Must book tour for two people. Merchant is solely responsible to purchasers for the care and quality of the advertised goods and services. Learn about Strike-Through Pricing and Savings

About Taza Chocolate

1. What makes your business stand out from the competition?

At Taza, we make stone ground chocolate. Why stone ground? Because bolder is better! We grind cacao beans using hand-carved granite millstones. The result? Chocolate with bold flavor and satisfyingly gritty texture, unlike anything you've ever tasted!

2. What was the inspiration to start or run this business?

Taza co-founder Alex Whitmore took his first bite of stone ground chocolate while traveling in Oaxaca, Mexico. He was so inspired by the rustic intensity that he decided to create a chocolate factory back home in Somerville, MA. Alex apprenticed under a molinero in Oaxaca to learn how to hand-carve granite millstones to make a new kind of American chocolate that is simply crafted, but seriously good. In 2005, he officially launched Taza with co-founder and Chief Designer Officer Kathleen Fulton.

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