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This practice with cacao offers a beautiful way to align with the new energy of spring, helping us awaken and activate creativity. Cacao, with its heart-opening properties, allows us to...

Exploring cacao at its source keeps being insightful, a joy and very inspiring. The different traditional recipes offer a glimpse into centuries of cultivation, ritual, and cultural exchange. Also I’m...

Cacao is deeply connected to the heart on multiple levels—physically, spiritually, emotionally, and energetically. It is often referred to as being a heart opener, but what does it truly mean...

Walking around Calakmul, it's inspiring to imagine how cacao thrived here as a gift from the gods in this advanced society. Cacao was used to connect with the divine and...

As we are approaching the end of the year we would like to share a guided meditation led by Julia. The turning of the calendar year offers a moment to...

by Julia Chocolate and women often seem inseparable, especially when it comes to period cravings. Did you know that both women and men undergo a hormonal cycle? For men this...

Another powerful compound in cacao is Anandamide. After its discovery it was named after the Sanskrit word ‘Ananda’ which means bliss or divine joy. You can probably already guess some...

Cacao is filled with unique compounds. This one definitely deserves some special attention. Its scientific name is phenethylamine or phenylethylamine, also called PEA, but even better known as the ‘love...

How can you live in harmony with the seasonal cycles? We share with you the qualities of winter and a breathing practice to connect with winter time.

Going into ceremony has had important value in our lives. The ceremonies we have experienced have guided important decisions, marked points of transformation, and have given insights that helped with...

These intelligent eco-networks only work if the whole system including birds, insects, squirrels, plants, and fungi are part of it. Managing a farm in this natural way (without using chemicals,...

Looking back, we see a big change of people becoming more familiar with traditional cacao drinks. More and more people care about knowing the source of their cacao products, and...

Creativity is a big part of our lives and we experiment with different ways to nourish it, channel it, and express it. In our creative sessions we fell in love...

Farming and preparing cacao is a lot of work and this needs many skilled people in the whole process. The hard work on the land is done by men. The more...

Listening and talking from the heart is not always easy, but worth practicing. It also helps being true to ourselves and support us in living from the heart in general....

This ritual was powerful because of its simplicity. It goes straight to the core of all virtues: gratefulness. Taking a moment to stand still, become aware of the gifts we...

Beronica is a real cacao warrior. She learned working with cacao and the dynamics of growing food from her grandmother (abuela) from a young age. She now applies all this...

Cacao is full of healthy compounds and extremely rich in healthy flavanols. It literally protects our heart and blood vessels and is advised in a healthy diet.

In a ceremony we bow to our inner self. We honour the life that flows through us and to which directions it leads us. The benefits of a ceremony or...

Through Pure Kakaw we love to learn and share about living our life to its fullest potential. Rituals are part of life, in many forms, and can support us in...

There is much less known of cacao used by the Incas and natives of Peru compared to the Aztec and Maya cultures. But there was definitely cacao. The rare Chuncho...

At the core of Pure Kakaw lies sourcing special cacaos from special farms. And we’re excited to share cacao from a new origin: Peru! To be more specific, the Quelloúno...

Both coffee and cacao are stimulating drinks but the way they interact with our body is not the same. This is because of the difference between the alkaloids caffeine (coffee)...