All about Ki'Xocolatl in Mérida, Mexico

Ki'Xocolatl is a cafe and chocolate store at Parque Santa Lucia with many locations in Mexico and six more locations in Mérida. You can sit outside on the terrace as well as inside.

In case you're wondering about the spelling of the café's name: The word chocolate has two possible origins, either from the Nahuatl word chocolātl or the Mayan word xocolatl.

However, Ki'Xocolatl is more than just a cafe, but a company founded in 2003 that exports its products beyond Mexican borders and all over the world. Its founders are from Belgium but Mexican at heart. The shop in the city center was opened in 2012.

Enjoy a coffee, cappuccino or a "chocolaty" drink like a mint chocolate tea, a hot maya chocolate with chili or a frozen frappe or with a brownie. Dark chocolate is often used and the flavor is geared more towards adults than kids, but your kids should find something here too.

The cocoa comes from farmers from Chiapas, Tabaso and the Ticul Plantation in the south of the state of Yucatan that has grown more and more over the years.

Ki'Xocolatl also has an online store. You can buy chocolates and pralines but also other items like a Ki'Xocolatl body lotion with cocoa.