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Ceremonial cacao (full-fat cacao paste) has a distinctive, intense, and rich oily dark chocolate flavour enriched with nutty notes and strongly roasted coffee. It is a pure Forastero with high tannin content.
"Costa de Marfil Amargo" comes from the green West Africa.
Weight | N/A |
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Variety | Forastero |
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Taste | Bitter |
Fat content | 54% |
Ivory Coast is one of the world's major cacao producers and is known for producing high-quality cacao. Cacao from Ivory Coast belongs to the Forastero variety and is grown on plantations by local farmers.
Cacao beans from Ivory Coast have a distinctive, intense flavour with notes of fruit and flowers and a sweet caramel aftertaste. This cacao is often used in the chocolate industry, where it is the basis for many different types of chocolate.
Recently, Ivory Coast has gained a reputation as a country striving for sustainable cacao production. Many organizations and companies, such as Rainforest Alliance and Fairtrade International, work to increase the country's sustainable cacao production by supporting local farmers and their families , as well as protecting the natural environment.
Our cacao is 100% natural, unprocessed, kosher, halal, no sugar, no additives, no preservatives, handmade. cacao is gluten free and can also be consumed by vegans.
cacao paste is the dried, shelled and then ground cacao beans, which take the form of a hard, yet brittle block or lump.
cacao contains more antioxidants than red wine and 3 times more than green tea.
cacao is an important source of tryptophan, which affects the formation of serotonin, and phenylethylamine, which supports the synthesis of dopamine and a number of vitamins B, C and E.
In addition, cacao contains a number of mineral salts such as magnesium, iron, chromium, phosphorus, calcium, sulphur, zinc, potassium and selenium.
Furthermore, the high content of healthy cacao fat, theobromine and anandamide makes cacao a natural, mild stimulant.
All this makes cacao a natural, powerful antidepressant, mood enhancer and energiser.
Mix about 10-20 grams of crushed cacao with water, vegetable or animal milk (200 ml) and spices such as chilli, vanilla, cinnamon or cardamom. If desired, sweeten with honey or other healthy sugar. The spices and honey should be added at the end of the process.
There are several methods for preparing cacao. We advise you to try them all, because each of them slightly changes the final taste of the drink. In this article you will find a recipe for ceremonial cacao and a lot of additional information.
The question of using vegetable or animal milk is individual and does not significantly affect the properties of the cacao drink. Nevertheless, we recommend using water or vegetable milk.
Approximately 10-20 grams. This may occasionally be increased to 50 grams.
Genuine and 100% cacao paste (ceremonial cacao) is excellent for:
All natural cacao in the form of paste, beans, nibs (ground cacao beans) or powder is bitter, however we can make a classification into less bitter or dry.
Our scale of cacao flavours is: