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Welcome to the home of Ceremonial Cacao
 by sonia mheraki
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Journey with Ceremonial Cacao

I've been working with Cacao for over 5 years

​AND I AM PASSIONATE ABOUT SHARING THE LOVE & POTENCY THAT IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS MEDICINE. 

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MY MISSION IS TO REPOSITION 100% PURE CACAO AS A COMPLETE WELLBEING REMEDY THAT ALLEVIATES DEPRESSION, STRESS, & ANXIETY.

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My Cacao 

I get the rawest sourced cacao naturally, organically as earth intended from

Tsatsayaku Association

​​OUR DELICIOUS CACAO IS MADE FROM THE ARRIBA NACIONAL / FINO DE AROMA CACAO BEAN IN ECUADOR AND RECOGNIZED AS A CEREMONIAL PLANT MEDICINE.
 
WHEN YOU BUY OUR CEREMONIAL-GRADE TSATSAYAKU CACAO, YOU NOT ONLY RECEIVE A BAG OF PURE CHOCOLATEY LOVE & GOODNESS, YOU ARE ALSO DIRECTLY SUPPORTING AN ASSOCIATION MADE UP OF 140 KICHWA AND MESTIZO FAMILIES FROM 13 DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, THAT IS STRIVING TO PRODUCE AND CONSERVE ANCESTRAL CACAO AND PROVIDE A FAIR PRICE TO ALL ITS MEMBERS.
 
NON-GMO, ORGANICALLY GROWN, WILD HARVESTED, AND FAIRLY TRADED ENABLING AMAZONIAN COMMUNITIES TO MAINTAIN THEIR TRADITIONAL AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOODS AND PRESERVE THE AMAZON RAINFOREST.
 
THE CACAO ITSELF IS GROWN IN THE TRADITIONAL KICHWA OR ‘CHAKRA’ METHOD, WHICH HAS A CONSCIENTIOUS RESPECT FOR THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND SEEKS TO PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY.

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Purchase Cacao 

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What is Cacao?

​Cacao can come in several forms pods, beans, powder but it all starts with the Theobroma cacao tree. These trees produce a pod-like fruit, which contains seeds inside that we call “cacao beans.” Generally, cacao beans are fermented and dried, and then undergo further processing depending on the specific product that’s being made.

​THE WORD “THEOBROMA” MEANS “FOOD OF THE GODS” IN GREEK—A REFLECTION OF THE VALUE AND REVERENCE FOR CACAO AMONG THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA. IN THESE REGIONS OVER 3,000 YEARS AGO, CACAO WAS USED AS A FOOD, MEDICINE, AND EVEN CURRENCY, AND STILL TODAY IT’S SERVED AS A SACRED DRINK FOR CELEBRATION, INTELLIGENCE, AND CONNECTION IN SOME TRIBES.
 

MODERN-DAY CHOCOLATES HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THESE TRADITIONAL USES AND PREPARATIONS OF CACAO, BUT RAW ORGANIC CACAO IS ONE OF THE BEST OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO US.​​

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The Science of  Ceremonial Cacao

​Ceremonial grade cacao isn't just a sacred elixir for the spiritually inclined. Though the ceremonial aspects of cacao are often mystical in nature, the scientific evidence backing cacao's blissful effects are far less speculative, and just as profound.

​CEREMONIAL-GRADE CACAO IS LOADED WITH UNIQUE MOLECULAR COMPOUNDS KNOWN FOR THEIR BENEFICIAL EFFECTS ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY, ESPECIALLY THE BRAIN AND BODY. THESE COMPOUNDS HAVE BEEN WELL RESEARCHED AMONGST SCIENTISTS AND ACADEMICS.

 

WHILE THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER TO PRODUCE CACAO'S CEREMONIAL EFFECTS, EXPLORING THESE COMPOUNDS INDIVIDUALLY IS THE BEST WAY TO PROPERLY GRASP JUST HOW PROFOUND CEREMONIAL DRINKING CHOCOLATE TRULY IS.

Cacao Science

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I've been working with cacao for over 5 years, and I am passionate about sharing the love & potency that is possible with this medicine. My mission is to reposition 100% pure cacao as a complete wellbeing remedy that alleviates depression, stress, and anxiety.

SIX REASONS FOR WHY CACAO IS A POWERFUL AND EFFECTIVE WAY OF REDUCING STRESS AND ANXIETY:

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THEOBROMINE
UNLIKE CAFFEINE, THEOBROMINE IS NOT A CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANT AND THEREFORE DOESN’T TYPICALLY MAKE YOU FEEL AS ON EDGE OR JITTERY. INSTEAD, IT STIMULATES THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, AND INCREASES HEART FUNCTION AND BLOOD FLOW. THEOBROMINE FEELS MORE LIKE THE ENERGY YOU GAIN AFTER A GOOD NIGHT’S SLEEP RATHER THAN THE QUICK HIGH YOU GET FROM COFFEE!

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DOPAMINE
DOPAMINE AND PHENYLETHYLAMINE ARE THE CHEMICALS WE RELEASE WHEN WE FALL IN LOVE. SERATONIN, HELPS US FEEL GOOD, CALM AND RELAXED. THIS RANGE OF NATURAL MOOD-BOOSTING CHEMICALS MEAN THAT WE ARE INCREASING OUR HAPPINESS LEVELS WITH EACH CUP OF CACAO WE DRINK.

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WHEN WE CONSUME CACAO, OUR STRESS LEVELS FALL, AND OUR MOOD IMPROVES. WE ALSO SEEM TO LIVE LONGER AND HAVE BETTER SOCIAL CONNECTIONS TOO. SO, WHILE THERE ARE LOTS OF REMEDIES FOR STRESS AND ANXIETY, NONE ARE QUITE SO PLEASANT, OR DELICIOUS, AS CEREMONIAL CACAO.

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RICH IN MAGNESIUM & TRYPTOPHAN
CACAO IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST PLANT-BASED SOURCES OF MAGNESIUM, SOMETIMES KNOWN AS THE “SLEEP MINERAL”. MAGNESIUM IS A NATURAL RELAXANT THAT HELPS DEACTIVATE ADRENALINE AND IS SAID TO QUIET NERVES AND CALM SENSITIVITY TO PAIN. CACAO IS ALSO A SOURCE OF TRYPTOPHAN, AN AMINO ACID THAT GETS TURNED INTO THE NEUROTRANSMITTER SEROTONIN AND THEN CONVERTED INTO THE HORMONE MELATONIN.

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SEROTONIN
IS KNOWN AS THE “HAPPY CHEMICAL” AND CACAO BOOSTS THE BODY’S NATURAL PRODUCTION OF IT, INCREASING OUR MOOD AND ABILITY TO FEND OFF STRESS. BEING RICH IN SLEEP-FRIENDLY MAGNESIUM AND STRESS-FIGHTING TRYPTOPHAN ARE JUST TWO MORE REASONS WE BELIEVE CACAO IS THE PLANT MEDICINE FOR THESE CRAZY TIMES WE ARE LIVING IN!

POLYPHENOLS

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CACAO POLYPHENOLS IN COMMERCIAL CHOCOLATE HAVE BEEN SHOWN, IN CLINICAL TRIALS, TO REDUCE STRESS IN BOTH HEALTHY AND HIGHLY-STRESSED INDIVIDUALS, SO WE WANTED TO SEE IF CEREMONIAL GRADE CACAO HAD THE SAME - IF NOT GREATER - IMPACT ON PARTICIPANTS WHO DRANK IT DAILY. WHILST THE STUDY WAS NOT A CLINICAL OR SCIENTIFIC TRIAL, THE DATA FROM REAL PEOPLES’ EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT CACAO INDUCES FEELINGS OF PEACE, CALM AND HARMONY.

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RELEASES THE BLISS MOLECULES.CACAO IS A POWERFUL SOURCE OF FOUR SCIENTIFICALLY PROVEN BLISS CHEMICALS – SEROTONIN, ANADAMIDE, DOPAMINE AND PHENYLETHYLAMINE. ANANDAMIDE, A COMPOUND NAMED AFTER THE SANSKRIT WORD “ANAND”, MEANING BLISS, WHICH IS SAID TO DELIVER THE SAME FEEL-GOOD RUSH WE EXPERIENCE AFTER A WORKOUT.

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HEART-OPENING PROPERTIES:WITH A CEREMONIAL DOSE OF 42GMS, CACAO BECOMES A POWERFUL PLANT MEDICINE THAT CALMS THE MIND AND RECONNECTS US TO FEELINGS OF PEACE, LOVE, AND CONNECTION. USING IT IN TRADITIONAL SHAMANIC CEREMONIES.

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CACAO CONNECTS PEOPLE WITH THE SPIRIT OF CACAO, TO HELP RELEASE BLOCKAGES AROUND THE HEART AND HEAL EMOTIONAL WOUNDS.FROM A SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE, CACAO’S HEART-OPENING PROPERTIES CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO ITS HIGH LEVELS OF THEOBROMINE, WHICH WIDENS BLOOD VESSELS, INCREASES BLOOD FLOW, AND SPECIFICALLY STIMULATES THE HEART.

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How to make  your  Cup of Cacao

Making your cocoa is all in the intention of how you choose to make your elixir.

1 PERSON DOSAGE

 

  • 15-TO-20-GRAM CACAO FOR A DAILY DOSE OR LIGHT-HEARTED INTEGRATION. I MEASURE BY A HEAPED TABLESPOON.​

  • 25-TO-40-GRAM CACAO FOR SHAMANIC DOSE (DEEP MEDITATION, BREATHWORK OR IN CEREMONY).

 

METHOD

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  • PUT 200 ML OF WATER OR PLANT-BASED MILK (NO DAIRY) INTO A PAN.
     

  • GENTLY START TO SIMMER YOUR WATER OR MILK IN YOUR PAN AND BRING TO JUST BEFORE BOILING POINT (DO NOT LET IT BOIL).
     

  • ADD YOUR DOSE OF CEREMONIAL CACAO INTO THE PAN. STIR UNTIL THE CACAO IS MELTED.
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  • ADD NATURAL SWEETENER. EXAMPLE: HONEY, NATURAL COCONUT SUGAR OR MAPLE SYRUP.
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  • YOU MADE ADD HIGH GRADE ESSENTIAL OILS, SPICES (CAYANNE) OR MUSHROOM POWDER (REISHI) .
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  • BLEND YOUR CACAO FOR SMOOTHER TEXTURE.
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  • POUR INTO YOUR FAVOURITE CACAO MUG & ENJOY!.

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Cacao Recipe

​​BASIC RECIPE

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  • 200ML LUKE WARM WATER

  • 1 HEAPED TBS CACAO (20G)

  • WARM ON STOVE-DO NOT BOIL

  • ADD 1 TBS COCONUT SUGAR, HONEY, DATES OR MAPLE TO SWEETEN IF YOU LIKE.

  • BLEND

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MAYAN CLASSIC RECIPE

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  • 200ML LUKE WARM WATER

  • 1 HEAPED TBS CACAO (20G)

  • A PINCH CAYANNE PEPPER

  • A PINCH OF CINNAMON POWDER

  • SUGAR OR HONEY (OPTIONAL)

  • BLEND

  • WARM ON STOVE-DO NOT BOIL

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