01/09/2026
Seed to Cup
Your 10 minute drink has taken an extraordinary journey. How much do you know?
Ceremonial cacao, although has no official regulation, is widely believed to be any cacao that comes from the criollo variety.
This variety represents a very small amount of cacao production. Not every criollo tree flowers, so to get a pod of cacao beans is a special offering.
If it isn’t criollo, it isn’t ceremonial. In fact, perhaps we should ditch the word ceremonial and just refer to this incredible plant medicine as Criollo Cacao. Then you would know where yours came from.