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Over more than a decade of asking the Ceremonial Cacao question ourselves, we’ve made it our mission to discover, define and refine our understanding of what differentiates Ceremonial Cacao from the standard stuff.
The following guidelines are suggestions only. We do not offer medical advice. If you have any concerns regarding your personal health and the use of cacao, please consult a doctor.
We have had the soils at the farms where our cacao is grown tested for heavy metal toxicity - including lead and cadmium and we have each batch of the Ceremonial Cacao end product tested also. The result? All clear!
Oh no! This can happen sometimes during the hotter months of the year. It has simply melted in transport. It is neither off, nor bad nor mouldy. YOUR CACAO IS STILL GOOD! The heat has caused the cacao butter to separate from the cacao mass, causing a marble effect, with some parts of the bar being crumbly and seemingly dry. It still maintains all the spiritual and medicinal properties and is still great for ceremony and practice. Its just needs a little TLC.
We source a rare and award-winning variety of cacao native to Southern Peru
Our cacao is not raw and there’s an important reason for this.
Start with a test dose of 25g to check your sensitivity and build up over time.
There’s a line you can cross with drinking too much cacao and drinking it too often.
Most cacao contains high amounts of caffeine, but our ceremonial grade cacao comes from the chuncho criollo bean which is known to be low in caffeine. It contains roughly a maximum of 5mg of caffeine per gram of cacao paste. A ceremonial dose of our cacao has the equivalent levels of caffeine that you’d find in one cup of green tea. This is less than regular tea and far less than coffee.
Sacred Earth Medicine cacao is best stored in an air-tight, dry container, in a cool place away from the sun.
Our cacao is lab-tested to last over two years.
Cacao paste is a complete, whole bean form of cacao. It retains all the nutritional goodness and spiritual integrity. In contrast, cacao butter and cacao powder are not whole bean products.
Our ethos is to ensure everyone involved with our business, at any stage of the supply chain, is looked after and shares in the abundance.
Rest assured, there’s nothing wrong with your cacao. If you’ve opened your fresh block from Sacred Earth Medicine and it looks whitish and crumbly, don’t worry! This is a totally normal effect known as bloom.
The following guidelines are suggestions only. We do not offer medical advice. If you have any concerns regarding your personal health and the use of cacao, please consult a doctor.