All chocolate is made from the cacao bean! The raw cacao bean is one of nature's most fantastic superfoods due to its wide array of unique properties, many of which are destroyed or corrupted by cooking.

 

These beans are the closest to the natural fruit as possible.

 

Our cacao beans are the original heirloom royal criollo cacao from Xoconusco in Mexico. By buying this raw cacao you are supporting a sustainable project that is rescuing this original heirloom variety of cacao, which has been grown by the mayans of Xoconusco since they originally domesticated the cacao tree over 3,000 years ago.

The certified organic indigenous growers use an age old system of permaculture, where the cacao trees are planted under the native forest canopy, along with other fruit trees, such as mango, avocado, papaya etc. All of these trees add their distinctive nuances to the fine multi-floral flavor of this exquisite cacao.

Raw cacao beans are jam packed with antioxidants, magnesium and bliss nutrients that may help keep you young, healthy and happy. These beans have a very nutty flavour as they have not been fermented. This particular variety of cacao actually takes on the flavours and aromas of fruit trees that it is grown with. The richer the biodiversity in which it is grown the more complex and full the flavour becomes and you can actually taste the flavours of the other trees such as coconut and mango etc

Step 2: What to do with your peeled cacao beans:

Crush cacao beans with a mortar and pestle and add to raw ice creams for the purest chocolate chips.