Pure Ceremonial Cacao | 5lb Bag or 5lb Paste

Five pounds (2,268 grams) of single-origin Chuncho ceremonial cacao, wild-harvested in the Peruvian highlands and made into paste at origin by the family that grows it. This is the size for facilitators running regular circles, retreat kitchens pouring morning cups, and households where a one-pound bag never lasts the month.

What it tastes like

Creamy, fruity, nutty and floral, with no bitterness.

Choose your format

• Ground Cacao: the same cacao, ground fine here in California. It dissolves in hot water with a whisk, so a cup is ready in about a minute. The easier one to scale when you are making many cups at once.
• Cacao Paste: whole cacao in solid form, the cacao butter and solids still together. Shave or chop what you need and melt it into water or plant milk. Thicker mouthfeel, slower prep, and the texture most facilitators want in a circle.

Same farm, same harvest, same price either way. Neither format is defatted and nothing is added to either. The natural cacao butter stays in, which is what separates this from baking cocoa.

How far five pounds goes

• At a daily cup of 10 to 15 g: about 150 to 225 cups, or roughly $1.05 to $1.60 a cup.
• At a stronger daily cup of 15 to 30 g: about 75 to 150 cups, or roughly $1.60 to $3.20 a cup.
• At a full ceremonial cup of 30 to 42 g: about 54 to 75 servings, or roughly $3.20 to $4.45 a cup.
• At the 35 g a person facilitators usually plan around: about five circles of twelve.

Storing it

Keep it cool, dry, and sealed, away from heat and humidity. The natural cacao butter protects it, and most bulk buyers reorder quarterly to balance freshness against convenience.

Every harvest is independently lab-tested for heavy metals before it ships, with results well under California Prop 65 and European Union limits. Batch results are available on request. Orders leave Grass Valley, California, on our next ship day (Monday, Wednesday or Friday). If you are buying to stock a shop or café shelf, our wholesale program is the better fit.

We buy directly from one multigenerational farm family that supports a community of 150+ farming families, and pay them 3x above fair trade.