Where In The World?: Lindt Chocolate Factory

The trip from the botanical garden to the Lindt Factory required a bus (which I've yet to take). But this was no problem thanks to the great transit system and Google Transit.

However, the route was a little long and was filled with steps and downward ramps. But it passed by some beautiful houses/scenery.

Lovely homes perched on the hillside over Lake Zurich.

Finally, I arrived at the Chocolate Factory. Side note: at every museum, there are lockers to hold your backpack and even a suitcase. I saw a lot of travelers with suitcases, so travelers must visit the sights when they arrive or as they are departing.

Real chocolate flowed from the whisk down to the center of the brown ball which was not made of chocolate. The above warning was printed on the "plate" that the brown ball sat on.

The self-guided tour was comprehensive and took about two hours.

Next, it was time to taste three different types of chocolate - white, milk and dark. The chocolate was in these tall dispensers. There were wrapped spoons nearby. You placed the spoon under the spigot and pushed in the knob to access a taste. I liked the dark the best.

This exhibit which showed how a piece of chocolate is made:

First dark chocolate, then it's covered with white chocolate.

Then stripes are added.

Then a nut and then layered on dark chocolate.

This was another dispenser of samples. You placed your hand under the dispenser when the light was green and out came either a piece of salted dark chocolate or orange dark chocolate. Then the light turned red as it reset.

It took me a few minutes to figure out the system. My fellow visitors had trouble, too, as many of them kept putting their hand under when it was red, getting disgusted and moving on the the next dispenser.