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Raw Organic Jungle Grown Wild*Criollo Variety

Top quality heirloom, jungle grown, wild crafted non-CCN1 criollo arriba cacao powder!

• Grown in high–elevation highly mineralized volcanic soil
• Brought down from the mountainous regions via donkey back
• Minimum 30 year old True Arriba Cacao trees, some as old as 80 years
• Water source is rain or deep mountain spring water, never from irrigation of potentially contaminated rivers and streams
• 100% Arriba. We select the pods and never acquire product from aggregators thus no possible cross–contamination with the CCN51 or other low quality hybrids that are pervasive in the area
• 100% Raw from start to finish
• Intense deep raw chocolate flavor
• Always Sun Dried, never gas dried
• Phytic Acid free
• Pods are harvested only when fully mature and ripe
• Zero jitters due to complete lack of mycotoxins, mold, yeast and fungus (which cause an adrenal response thus the jitteriness which is similar & associated with caffeine stimulation)
• Processed on 100% custom artisan equipment that has never seen any other cacao but our own
• Organic Certified
• Kosher Certified
• Exceeds fair–trade standards
• Beyond Ceramonial
• Rich in antioxidants and flavonoids
• Contains magnesium, iron and vitamin C
• Natural source of theobromine, anandamide, phenylethylamine (PEA) and tryptophan
• May support hearth health