HOW TO MAKE A CUP OF CACAO

For your daily cup of nourishment!

Morning Ritual Chazuta Peru Cacao

There are a few different ways that you can make a cup of cacao at home with your usual kitchen appliances. What you use will depend on what's available to you, the consistency you're after and how many people you're making it for.

ORDER YOUR CACAO

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Ingredients

For Sensitive, Beginners or Everyday Cacao Drinkers

Single Serving:

+ 1 tbl (10g) Morning Ritual Cacao, or 1/2 Frido Coin*, or 5 Ora Cacao Discs.

+ 250ml water*, plant based milk or herbal tea.

*Only add water when using the Frido Coins.

- Add sweetener, spices, or Medicinal Mushroom to taste.

- Water to be heated to maximum 70-90 Celsius.

Everyday Cacao to Reduce Stress and Activate Relaxation

Single Serving:

+ 2 tbl (20g) Morning Ritual Cacao, or 1 Frido Coin, or 5-12 Ora Cacao Discs.

+ 250ml water*, plant based milk or herbal tea.

*Only add water when using the Frido Coins.

- Add sweetener, spices, or Medicinal Mushroom to taste.

- Water to be heated to maximum 70-90 Celsius.

Prepare Ceremonial Cacao

Single Serving:

+ 4 tbl Morning Ritual Cacao, or 1 Frido Coin, or 12 Ora Cacao Discs.

+ 100-120ml water.*

- Allow your Ceremonial Cacao guests to sweeten or add spices and medicinal mushroom according to their own taste.

- Water to be heated to maximum 70-90 Celsius.

Optional Sweeteners, Spices or Medicinal Mushroom

Sweetener: (optional)

+ For every tablesoon of Cacao, I usually add 1/2 tablespoon of cocunut sugar.

+ Sweeten with your choice of natural sweetener, honey, pure cane, palm or cocunut sugar.

Spices: (optional)

+ Add ground cinnamon, allspice, or cayennne.

Medicinal Mushrooms: (optional)

+ Add your favourite medicinal mushroom (eg. reishi, lion's mane) for extra nutritional value.

WARNING! Hot Liquid

Proceed with caution as the liquid is hot and can burn. Please follow the guidelines of the kitchen appliance and only use kitchen appliances that are designed for blending hot liquids.

Please take care and do not open the lid near other people, children or pets.

Do not leave hot liquid unattended.

Cacao Preparation Methods

  • ≜ QUICK FIX FOR THE HOME OR OFFICE

    1. Dry blend your cacao to powder with your optional sweetener, spices and medicinal mushrooms and store in an air tight container until ready to be used.

    2. Add 1tbl of your cacao powder to 100-250ml water, heated to roughly 70-90 Celsius.

    3. Stir until well combined.

  • ≜ BLENDER

    1. Place the Cacao, water/milk, optional sweetener, spices and medicinal mushroom into your blender.

    2. Follow recommended appliance instructions to blend the Cacao until it is melted.

    3. Remove lid with caution as the liquid will be hot and can burn your skin.

  • ≜ STOVETOP

    1. Dry blend your cacao to powder with your optional sweetener, spices and medicinal mushrooms.

    2. Add your water/plant based milk in a saucepan and add your Cacao powder (using your preferred ratio) and whisk together to avoid clumping.

    3. Gently heat it over medium heat until the Cacao powder mixture melts in, stirring with your whisk so it doesn't burn.

    4. As it starts to bubble, raise the saucepan off the heat. Allow the bubbles to aerate your Cacao to a creamy texture, then pour it into your cup.

  • ≜ THERMOMIX / THERMOCOOK

    Best used for larger quantities like in Circle or a Cacao Ceremony.

    Please follow the recommended appliance instructions to heat the Cacao to 75 Celsius, until the Cacao is melted, well blended and creamy in texture.

  • ≜ HOT CHOCOLATE MAKER / MILK FROTHER

    1. Add your water/plant based milk to the jug.

    2. Follow the instructions of the appliance for the best setting to heat the Cacao to 70 Celsius or to make Hot Chocolate.

    Note that if you are only making your Cacao with water, it won't finish with a creamy texture in this appliance and may need a small hand held whisker/mixer to help aerate the cacao.

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