Adaptogenic Herbs, Medicinal Mushrooms & Cacao: A hands-on herbal chocolate workshop
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Adaptogenic Herbs, Medicinal Mushrooms & Cacao
A hands-on herbal chocolate workshop
Join Marion from Paheko and Elena from The Purple Peony for a fun, hands-on exploration of cacao, herbs and medicinal mushrooms.
In this two-hour workshop, Elena will introduce you to working with cacao and the process of creating chocolate. Marion, a qualified herbalist, will share a selection of herbs and mushrooms traditionally used for their supportive and nourishing qualities.
We’ll explore how different botanicals can be paired with cacao — looking at their flavours, qualities and traditional uses — before getting hands-on and creating our own herbal-infused cacao drink and chocolate.
You’ll have the opportunity to taste, experiment and learn in a relaxed, intimate setting, with plenty of time for conversation and questions — and you’ll take home the chocolate you make.
You’ll experience
An introduction to cacao and chocolate-making
A chance to explore adaptogenic herbs and medicinal mushrooms
Learning about their traditional uses and how they pair with cacao
Making and tasting a herbal-infused cacao drink
Creating your own chocolate with herbs and medicinal mushrooms
Plenty of time for conversation and questions
Whether you’re a chocolate lover, an herbal enthusiast, or simply curious to learn how to sprinkle a bit of magic and medicine into your kitchen, you’re warmly welcome.
A special opportunity to slow down, connect with plants and cacao, and explore new ways of enjoying chocolate.
Your facilitators:
Marion — Paheko
Marion co-founded Paheko, a registered charitable trust based in Northland, New Zealand, dedicated to helping people reclaim ownership of their health and vitality through growing herbs. Paheko's gardens are cultivated using permaculture principles — working in harmony with nature to create diversity, resilience, and abundance. Marion is a medicinal herb gardener and an herbalist, currently completing further study in plant medicine, bringing both traditional growing knowledge and an evidence-based lens to this workshop.
Elena - Purple Peony
Elena is an Auckland-based Iyengar yoga teacher and the founder of The Purple Peony, a small-batch chocolate business built on real, bean-to-bar chocolate. Her chocolate journey began four years ago, drawn to the idea of working with the whole cacao bean and preserving everything good about it, rather than the shortcuts most commercial chocolate takes.
She continues to actively teach yoga and make chocolate side by side, one practice never paused for the other. At the centre of both is the same question: what do we actually feel, in the body and beyond, when we slow down enough to notice, whether that's holding a pose or tasting a single piece of chocolate.
Duration: 2 hours
Investment: $80 per person, including the chocolate you make
Places: Limited to 10 participants
A hands-on herbal chocolate workshop
Join Marion from Paheko and Elena from The Purple Peony for a fun, hands-on exploration of cacao, herbs and medicinal mushrooms.
In this two-hour workshop, Elena will introduce you to working with cacao and the process of creating chocolate. Marion, a qualified herbalist, will share a selection of herbs and mushrooms traditionally used for their supportive and nourishing qualities.
We’ll explore how different botanicals can be paired with cacao — looking at their flavours, qualities and traditional uses — before getting hands-on and creating our own herbal-infused cacao drink and chocolate.
You’ll have the opportunity to taste, experiment and learn in a relaxed, intimate setting, with plenty of time for conversation and questions — and you’ll take home the chocolate you make.
You’ll experience
An introduction to cacao and chocolate-making
A chance to explore adaptogenic herbs and medicinal mushrooms
Learning about their traditional uses and how they pair with cacao
Making and tasting a herbal-infused cacao drink
Creating your own chocolate with herbs and medicinal mushrooms
Plenty of time for conversation and questions
Whether you’re a chocolate lover, an herbal enthusiast, or simply curious to learn how to sprinkle a bit of magic and medicine into your kitchen, you’re warmly welcome.
A special opportunity to slow down, connect with plants and cacao, and explore new ways of enjoying chocolate.
Your facilitators:
Marion — Paheko
Marion co-founded Paheko, a registered charitable trust based in Northland, New Zealand, dedicated to helping people reclaim ownership of their health and vitality through growing herbs. Paheko's gardens are cultivated using permaculture principles — working in harmony with nature to create diversity, resilience, and abundance. Marion is a medicinal herb gardener and an herbalist, currently completing further study in plant medicine, bringing both traditional growing knowledge and an evidence-based lens to this workshop.
Elena - Purple Peony
Elena is an Auckland-based Iyengar yoga teacher and the founder of The Purple Peony, a small-batch chocolate business built on real, bean-to-bar chocolate. Her chocolate journey began four years ago, drawn to the idea of working with the whole cacao bean and preserving everything good about it, rather than the shortcuts most commercial chocolate takes.
She continues to actively teach yoga and make chocolate side by side, one practice never paused for the other. At the centre of both is the same question: what do we actually feel, in the body and beyond, when we slow down enough to notice, whether that's holding a pose or tasting a single piece of chocolate.
Duration: 2 hours
Investment: $80 per person, including the chocolate you make
Places: Limited to 10 participants
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Where is it happening?
The Button Factory, 2 Abbey St, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand, Auckland
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