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A guide to the transformative power of ceremonial-grade cacao
Unlock the transformative power of ceremonial-grade cacao with Heart Healer. This guide explores the steps to prepare, honour, and enjoy cacao, whether for personal rituals, spiritual ceremonies, or moments of deep connection. Learn how to incorporate cacao into your practice and experience its grounding, heart-opening benefits.
Discover the ancient tradition and how cacao can support your journey to mindful living.
Why it’s top quality
The founding principles:
Quality over quantity
Prioritising superior cacao through traditional, careful cultivation methods ensures every product delivers exceptional taste, purity, and potency
Supporting Andean mega-biodiversity, not homogenisation
By embracing diverse native cacao varieties, we help preserve the rich biodiversity of the Andean region, safeguarding ecosystems and local heritage.
Promoting organic methods of production
Encouraging chemical-free farming practices not only protects the environment but also ensures a healthier, more sustainable product for everyone.
Fair income distribution among the people participating as suppliers, transformers and traders
Ensuring equitable pay throughout the supply chain empowers small farmers and traders, creating a more balanced and sustainable industry.
Social responsibility, following the principles of Fair Trade
By adhering to Fair Trade principles, we support ethical practices, fair wages, and community development, fostering long-term partnerships and resilience.
Top Tips for the perfect cacao cup
The more coconut oil you use, the thicker it will be. It will also slow the rate at which you feel the effects. This is particularly helpful if you are very sensitive to caffeine.
Cacao is great for detoxing. Make sure you drink lots of water before the cacao and several hours after. It will flush the toxins through. If you get a headache, it’s a sign that the toxins are stuck in your body, so stay hydrated to flush them out. Don’t drink water with the cacao or for about 30 minutes after your first sip or you’ll flush it through your system too fast.
Keep your diet clean before and after working with cacao, especially stronger doses. Plant-based is fab.
Pay attention to your dreams, intuition and inner thoughts after working with cacao.
It is perfectly safe to drink whilst breastfeeding or pregnant.
Don’t consume dairy and avoid caffeine on days that you have cacao.
How to work with Ceremonial Grade Cacao
Different dosages may have different effects on you on different days, so start slowly, tune in and listen to your body’s wisdom. I work with these guidelines:
10g-20g is a microdose.
20-30g medium to strong dose.
30-40g experienced dose.
I would certainly start low and build up your personal knowledge of how she works with you.
Ingredients, use organic where possible.
– Ceremonial Grade Cacao
– Pinch of sea salt
– 1 – 2 dates (I would use two if you aren’t adding a thickener). Soak them in boiling water and chop finely if not using a blender.
– ½ tsp Cinnamon
– ½ tsp Turmeric (sometimes I add black pepper instead)
– ½ tsp Nutmeg
– Pinch of Cayenne pepper
– Cashews or coconut oil (for thickness)
– Set your intention for drinking the cacao. Then weigh out the amount you want on digital scales. Chop it finely with a knife so it is almost powder, you can pray into it whilst you do this. I find the chopping/grating very meditative.
– Measure out approximately 200-300ml of purified water. Pour it in a small pan. Add the Cacao and other ingredients. Heat to simmering but don’t allow it to boil. Stay with the cacao, stirring it gently.
– After it has been simmering for 4-5 minutes, you can pour it into a blender and blitz for 1 minute. This will smooth out the dates and add frothy foam to the top.
– Pour into your favourite mug.
– If adding a potion or Bach Flower Remedy, now is the time to add the drops.
– Light a candle and sit with the cacao in front of your heart. Breathe it in. Visualise your heart space opening to connect with the elixir. Use a teaspoon to stir, or gently blow your intention into the cacao clockwise, and sip consciously. Drink slowly and feel the cacao connecting with your system. Bliss.
Considerations
Guidance:
Find a special/sacred place to drink your Cacao, working with an intention as you drink is powerful. It can take up to 20 – 30 minutes to begin to work, so go slowly if you are starting out with smaller doses, it can creep up on you.
See the FAQ’s for further questions.
Shelf Life for cacao:
Cacao will last for one to two years. You can freeze it as well, but let it return to room temperature before you start working with it. I recommend keeping it in a glass jar. Cacao loves crystals so if you want to create a little cacao altar with crystals around your jar, all the better.
Warnings:
If you are on antidepressants or antipsychotics, please take a micro-dose amount, 5-10g, especially if on a high dose of medication and monitor yourself, gradually build up the Cacao over a period of weeks if you feel no effects. Taking too much Cacao can result in painful headaches or Migraines. If this happens, drink lots and lots of water to dilute the medicine in your system and rest.
Ceremonial cacao can kill dogs, cats, parrots, and horses, who genetically lack the enzyme that metabolically processes the theobromine in cacao.
People with a heart condition, where a 20% increase in heart rate would be a medical emergency, should drink less of this cacao while they monitor its effect on their heart rate. However, it does lower blood pressure (cacao is a vasodilator), if your pressure is high. Many people, including myself, have had no problem with low blood pressure and Cacao.
How to make cacao at home
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