Many Japanese enjoy a drinking ritual in the form of a tea ceremony.
Likewise, Mesoamerican peoples including the Olmec, Maya and Aztec enjoyed a cacao ceremony.
Ceremonial cacao powder is the highest grade one can find, precious. It's not only delicious and pure cacao bean with no added cocoa butter, no added sugar, no lecithin, no anything. We also speak of named cacao, traceable cacao, directly-traded cacao for a price the farmer dictates.
Ceremonial cacao powder is not just 'cacao powder used for a cacao ceremony'. It needs to meet all 5 requirements:
1. Delicious
2. Pure dehusked and powdered cacao bean, zero additions
3. Named cacao
4. Traceable cacao
5. Respect for farmer and fermenter
This is what we mean when we speak of ceremonial grade cacao powder. Truly worthy of your attention, a cacao worth supporting. Enjoy!
1kg
Dominican Republic provides this deeply chocolatey cacao powder.
Unprocessed, natural, organic and non-alkalised.
We've been assessing cacao powder for years, some has tasted well but comes with opaque background. Some offered full traceability but didn't meet the flavour goals we had in mind. Most wasn't truly traceable, highly processed and utterly revolting.
This powder comes from a tiny team in the DomRep working with incredible cacao. The colour is surprising - it's light and hasn't been alkalised nor burnt, but even better, the high % of white cacao brings this fantastic terracotta hue.
Add a spoon or 2 to a mug, add a similar amount of sugar and a hot liquid of your choice. There are lots of interesting additions you can make, but playing with the cocoa powder/sugar/liquid can keep you busy for a while :)
Also works very well in our Korean Milk Cake recipe which we'll talk more about when we get time.
The flavour profile and boost it offers means we are delighted to offer it to you. The transparency means we hope to support this team into the far future.
Packed in a standup heavy foil resealable ziploc.
100% Pure, Ceremonial DomRep Natural Cocoa Powder 1kg
Let us know if you do or don't enjoy our chocolate. We will do whatever we can to learn, improve and keep you smiling.















