WHAT IS BREWING CACAO?
Let's start with what it's not.
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It's not coffee. It's not a rush of cortisol, jitters, and a crash of energy a few hours later leaving you feeling low, and craving another boost. It's not restless night and groggy mornings.
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It's also not chocolate. Despite how much we love chocolate, and reference chocolate on this site. It's not chocolate. Why? Because chocolate comes with sugar. Often other things like milk, preservatives, and sweeteners are added too depending on the quality.
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Brewing cacao is simply where you steep parts of the cacao bean in hot water (instead of say coffee beans) to created what's sometimes described as 'chocolate tea'. Made from ground cacao nibs which are nature's pure starting point for chocolate it's great at helping you feel calm and relaxed from the inside out. It melts away stress thanks to the concentration of feel-good chemicals found in chocolate which increase your levels of serotonin. Blissful chocolate wouldn't be chocolate without this natural 'food of the gods' which has been a worshiped food for millennia around the world.
It's the perfect combination of natural feel-good nutrients
So why even mention tea and coffee, if it's not like either?
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Brewing cacao is a great alternative to any caffeinated drink. It's energy lift is gentle and lasting. It also brews easily at home just like ground coffee. Steeping our grounds in hot water in your cafetiere (french press), or in a variety of other ways, creates a delicate, yet smooth brew. It can be sipped hot, cold, with or without a milk of your choice.
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Brewing cacao is also a great alternative to chocolate. Ever wondered if it's chocolate your love or just the sugar it comes with? Whether or not you can enjoy Cacao Brew or Cacao Tea will give you the answer. If you have ever craved that feel-good chocolate hit that only chocolate can give you, it's thanks to cacao's perfect combination of natural feel-good nutrients. It's high concentration of things like theobromine, magnesium, tryptophan and other natural chemicals lead to an increase in serotonin and a reduction in cortisol, meaning it can literally help melt your stress away. Cacao Brew smells like chocolate but is guilt-free without sugar, dairy or excess calories. Instead, it will deliver that soothing inner feeling that tells you deep within 'everything is OK'.
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For those that want to enjoy the taste of coffee, we also created Cacao Cafe which adds other natural ingredients to Cacao Brew to recreate that coffee-like flavour.
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And let's not forget the health benefits cacao offers as one of nature's richest sources of antioxidants and minerals!
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In spiritual circles for generations, people have understood the power of cacao. Cacao ceremonies are performed widely across the world to help people reconnect with themselves, their spirit, and their natural being. Cacao is used to help achieve meditative states and feelings of openness and joy. No wonder these ceremonies often hand in hand with ecstatic dance!
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However cacao ceremonies have long been reserved for those with access to pure cacao paste, and with the time to prepare this wonderful food into a rich creamy cacao-based beverage. Cacao Brew and Cacao Cafe change this making it possible to bring the sensation of pure cacao to your own home, in a matter of minutes. Just get the kettle on.
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ABOUT US
Chocolate was always a passion for Edward, but he never knew this indulgence he enjoyed probably too often, could also hold the solution to ever-groggier wake-ups, mood swings and caffeine-induced energy crashes. The answer to worsening health and caffeine addiction turned out to be simple and pure: Theobroma Cacao (long known as "Food of the Gods"), the natural starting point for chocolate, offered Edward, the founder of Viva Cacao, a life-changing solution to better health and a more balanced mind and soul. It also showed it was possible to enjoy all the health benefits of cacao without the downsides of sugar and fat.
Viva Cacao was born.
