This 100% organic cacao, is made using the rare and prized Criollo Cacao bean. The Criollo bean is the most revered and sought after cacao bean for cacao ceremonies due to its stunning flavour notes.
It also makes the most wonderfully delicious hot chocolate drink which more and more people are choosing to replace their morning coffee.
The New Morning Coffee without the Jitters?
Theobromine in cacao along with a nutritionally dense powerhouse of many further beneficial compounds and antioxidants, make raw cacao an increasingly popular, delicious, uplifting alternative to strongly caffeinated drinks such as coffee. Cacao is known to keep you alert and uplifted, accompanied by a soft and warm feeling of well being, without the jitters or crashes associated with coffee drinking.
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TRADITIONALLY GROWN, SUSTAINABLY PRODUCED AND ETHICALLY SOURCED
Grown sustainably amongst trees or shrubs, using the Agroforestry land management system which supports the biodiversity of the surrounding ecosystem in the Peruvian Amazon. Our cacao is sustainably and ethically sourced, it produced by a cooperative in the Puruvian Amazon.
CRIOLLO - THE WORLD'S RAREST AND MOST REVERED CACAO BEAN
Criollo is known as the King of Cacao - Criollo is considered a delicacy and prized for its superior flavour of all the cacao bean varieties. A minimum if 75% of this beautiful cacao bean is used to make this ceremonial cacao paste.
SUPERFOOD - NUTRITIONAL POWERHOUSE
Cacao is one of nature's most wonderful superfoods, packed with an abundant powerhouse of nutrients, antioxidants and compounds that boost our body's natural 'feel good' chemicals serotonin, dopamine, GABA, phenylethylamine (PEA) and anandamide. High levels of theobromine produce similar effects to caffeine without the crash associated with caffeine use.
Our cacao is raw retaining far more nutrients and goodness than beans that have been roasted, or alkalised using the Dutch process.
CACAO CEREMONIES - A MASTER PLANT TEACER
This Cacao Paste is perfect for use in cacao ceremonies and rituals, made using the highest quality sustainably grown criollo beans, with a high cocoa butter content it creates a delicious, warming, heart-opening creamy cacao drink with no need to add any milk or creamers.
EVERDAY DELCICIOUS CHOCOLATE DRINK
Also delicious as an all natural, highly nutritious hot chocolate drink at any time of the day. Keeps you alert in the day without the caffeine crash associated with coffee, can also help calm the nervous at night for improved sleep due to magnesium and trytophan in the cacao.
THE POWER OF 'NOW' PRESENCE AND WELL BEING WITH CACAO
Cacao has been celebrated for millennia as a powerful plant spirit medicine, opening our hearts, lifting our spirits and helping us to cultivate more 'presence' and 'being in the Now'. It's truly a master plant and delicious too!
HOW TO MAKE EVERY DAY CRIOLLO HOT CHOCOLATE AND CEREMONIAL CACAO
For a delicious creamy cacao drink use 20g, whisked into your choice of hot water, plant milk or dairy milk. Add cinnamon, chilli, cardamon and/or raw cane sugar to your own taste.
For a ceremonial dose use 50g, and experience a heart-opening, warm and loving feeling of presence as you connect to the spirit of cacao.
100% PURE CACAO - NO ADDITIVES, NO PALM OIL, NO LECITHIN, NO DAIRY
All our cacao is 100% raw, pure cacao. Nothing added, nothing taken away. No additives or preservatives. No nasties. Guaranteed a minimum of 75% rarest fine criollo beans.
Our cacao paste is grown by smallholders who rely on it as their main source of income year-round. Most of the harvesting takes place between April and September and is called "la cosecha grande", which literally means "the big harvest" in Spanish.
- Ceremonial Grade Raw Cacao Beans- Sustainably Grown- Co-operative trade for small Peruvian Farms- Grown in the Peruvian Amazon- Boost neurotransmitter systems including dopamine, serotonin, GABA and Anandin - |The brain's natural 'feel good' chemicles- Believed to be an aphrodisiac increasing libido!- Rich source of vitamins and minerals- It's DELICIOUS and a very healthy way to get your chocolate fix!
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RETURNS.
As this is classed as a perishable item, we cannot accept returns except for the following reasons:
If one of these applies, please contact us to arrange the return- thank you!