Ora Cacao — 100% Organic Ceremonial Cacao

100% cacao, ground from the whole bean with nothing removed. A cup of this is what chocolate was before sugar got involved.

Ceremonial cacao is the whole cacao bean, lightly processed and ground into a paste, then formed into discs. Nothing is pressed out and nothing is added, so every cup has the full cacao butter, the theobromine that gives cacao its gentle, steady lift, and the minerals cacao is rich in: magnesium, iron, and antioxidant flavanols. It is bitter, rich and filling, and it has been drunk this way in Central America for thousands of years.

Who this is for

• You want to cut coffee and need a morning cup that still feels like something
• Journaling, meditation, or a slow Sunday morning
• Magnesium and iron from food rather than a pill
• Hosting a cacao circle, or curious what one is
• Anyone who loves dark chocolate and wants it without sugar

Varieties

• Thriving Tanzania, 1 lb: single origin from the Kilombero Valley. Creamy, with notes of butter, cherry and caramel. Cacao beans only.
• Boundless Belize, 1 lb: single origin from Maya family farms in Toledo. Nutty and complex, with notes of amaretto and nutmeg. Cacao beans only.
• Vibrant Vitality, 1/2 lb: Ugandan cacao with tri-color maca, ashwagandha, turmeric, black pepper and cacao butter. Malty and creamy; the coffee replacement. Not for pregnancy.
• Tantric Rose Blossom, 1/2 lb: Tanzanian cacao with rose petals, orange peel, damiana and licorice root. Floral, smooth, a little sweet.
• Mystical Mushroom, 1/2 lb: Belize cacao with eleven fruiting-body mushroom extracts: reishi, chaga, turkey tail, lion's mane, cordyceps, maitake, shiitake, oyster, poria, phellinus and tremella.

How to use

Melt 20 to 25 discs (about 1 oz) into 6 oz of hot water, tea or milk at about 180°F. Blend or froth ten seconds. Sweeten if you like. A 1 lb bag makes about 20 cups; a 1/2 lb bag about 10. Up to two cups a day.

Ora Cacao is a small company in Graton, Sonoma County, California, working directly with cacao farmers and making every batch in small runs. USDA Organic, heavy-metals tested, vegan.