Make Your Own Sheca
Learn the story of the sheca, bake your own with a master baker and join a sensory tasting with specialty coffees.
About the experience
The sheca is one of the most iconic traditional breads of San Pedro Sacatepéquez: the result of a culinary fusion of two cultures that has endured and evolved over time.
On Make Your Own Sheca you are not just a spectator: you learn, watch, taste, bake and share. You receive your sheca passport, personalize your own sheca before it goes in the oven, and finish with a blind tasting of three varieties and three specialty coffees.
Type of tourism: CulturalFoodHistoryEducational
Stops along the way
1 · Welcome and first encounter
Group photo at the park flags, briefing and your sheca passport. Tasting of sheca with rice pudding at Shopping Center No. 1.
2 · Heritage and identity
Visit to the chapel and church dome. Historical interpretation of the blending of the two cultures that shape the town's identity.
3 · Living history at San Juan Bakery
Hands-on experience with the master baker. An introduction to the baking tradition told by those who keep it alive.
4 · Make your own sheca
The heart of the tour: kneading, shaping, decorating and baking. Each participant personalizes their sheca with their initials or a unique mark.
5 · Shekapan: tradition and innovation
An excerpt from the sheca documentary and a visit to the Shekapan workshops.
6 · Blind sensory tasting
Three sheca varieties and three specialty coffees. We identify aromas, textures and flavors.
7 · Souvenirs and farewell
Photo at the sheca corner, delivery of your personalized sheca and a visit to Ixkeme (Shopping Center No. 2) for souvenirs.
Itinerary
Welcome at the park, group photo and sheca passport
Sheca with rice pudding tasting and historical introduction
Chapel and church dome: historical interpretation
Transfer to San Juan Bakery
Workshop: make and personalize your sheca
Transfer to Shekapan and documentary
Shekapan workshops and sensory tasting
Receive your sheca and photo at the sheca corner
Souvenirs at Ixkeme and farewell
Tasting menu
- Anise sheca with cheese and beans
- White sheca with hazelnut cream, banana and berry jam
- Dark sheca with avocado cheese and salmon, arugula, capers and cherry tomatoes
- Three specialty coffees: Tajumulco (washed), San Rafael Pie de la Cuesta (Geisha) and Corral Grande (natural)
Included
- Tour guide
- Welcome tasting
- Sheca baking workshop with ingredients and materials
- Personalization of your sheca
- Guided tasting of shecas and coffees
- Sheca passport
- Souvenir (subject to availability)
Required gear
What to bring
- Comfortable clothes and closed shoes
- Hair tied back for the bakery workshop
- A willingness to get your hands dirty
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Notes
- Inside the bakery only the designated photographer takes pictures; phones are not used during the workshop.
- Designed for national and international tourists, families, students, organized groups and travel agencies.