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When you buy our cacao, you’re directly supporting a whole ecosystem of positive impact.

Whether you’re an individual wanting to start or deepen your cacao journey or a business selling cacao as a core offering, we have purchasing options for everyone.

INDIVIDUAL

1-9 pounds

$36 / pound

Pounds & half-pounds

US shipping only

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cacao lover

10 pounds

$28 / pound ($280 total)*

International shipping

Purchase 10 lbs

sharer

25 pounds

$24 / pound ($600 total)*

International shipping

Purchase 25 lbs

Wholesale

50 pounds

$20 / pound ($1000 total)*

International shipping

Purchase 50 lbs

Distributor

100-199 pounds: ~$19/lb

200+ pounds: ~$18/lb

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*These prices do not yet including shipping. After your purchase, we will reach out to you to coordinate shipping, which you will be responsible for paying for separately.

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About Our Cacao

The cacao is fermented, slowly sun-dried, roasted and peeled by hand, and ground into the block.

Ceremonial Grade*
*Ceremonial Grade for us means that the process from harvesting to roasting, peeling, and grinding is done with a lot of heart, with fair payments and kind, ethical treatment for all hands involved, to ensure the integrity of cacao’s medicinal properties.

Kosher-Certified

Genetics: Blend of local hybrids
Flavor Profile: Balanced, light fruity bitterness, soft vanilla notes, and a touch of citrus.
Fermentation: 8-12 days in large wooden boxes
Drying: Slow in a Drying House
Environment: Small villages in mountain valleys. Young orchards of fruit forests, proximity to many homes, surrounded by wild nature. Growing alongside cinnamon, cardamom, black pepper, allspice, and copal.
Region: Alta Verapaz
Altitude: 300m
Specifics: Agroforestry forest of mixed cacao within the Q'eqchi village
Ownership: 65 Q'eqchi families organized in a cooperative

Regenerative cacao is a way of cultivating and sharing cacao that supports the thriving of everything it touches, from the land its planted in, to the community tending and processing it, to the end consumers. Tuqtuquilal is committed to doing the hard and necessary work – aligning words with real life actions and creating experiences for clients to see the process for themselves, so they can be discerning consumers and good stewards of cacao’s message of regeneration.

What Is Regenerative Cacao?

Healthy, Biodiverse Land

Tuqtuquilal cacao is grown and cared for by Red Ratzum – our collective of 65 local Q’eqchi families who live on and tend large plots of biodiverse land on the mountainsides surrounding our center. In this environment, cacao thrives without need for chemical inputs. It grows alongside cinnamon, cardamom, black pepper, copal, allspice, and other trees whose intertwining root systems contribute to complex flavors. Our farmers use their ecological and cultural wisdom and the helping hands of family members to plant, tend, and harvest their cacao trees each season.

Thriving Q’eqchi Communities

Our commitment to regeneration includes the thriving of the Q’eqchi people, starting with the farmers and their families. Most cacao brands source their beans from ‘coyotes’ who buy high quantities of washed-and-dried beans for the cheapest price, and the hard-working farmers don’t earn enough. We pay consistently high prices but don’t stop there — we build long-term relationships and create an ecosystem of interdependence.

END PRODUCT WITH INTEGRITY

We take great care in our production process to ensure the cacao is absorbing positive energy so our customers can have the best experience possible with this medicine. From purchase to fermentation, drying, toasting, and peeling, we bring care and integrity to each step. We do this so when our cacao reaches our customers’ doors, they experience the artistry, history, and integrity of cacao made in the original Q’eqchi way.

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Benefits of Cacao

Heart Opening and Spiritual Connection: Ceremonial cacao is often consumed as part of spiritual rituals, as a way to connect more deeply with yourself and the medicine. It is believed that cacao can help open the heart, foster connection with oneself and others, and facilitate introspection and meditation.

Mental and Emotional Stimulation: Cacao contains theobromine and other compounds that can provide a feeling of well-being, increase mental and emotional energy, and improve mood.

Nutrition: Cacao is rich in antioxidants, minerals like magnesium, and other beneficial nutrients. These nutrients may have positive effects on cardiovascular health and cognitive function.

Physical Stimulation: Theobromine, a compound in cacao, is a stimulant that can provide a feeling of increased physical energy and concentration, without the crash.

Mood Enhancement: Cacao contains phenylethylamine, a compound believed to be associated with improved mood and feelings of well-being.

Antioxidant Properties: The antioxidants in cacao may help protect the body's cells from damage caused by free radicals and may be linked to overall health. Cacao is also said to regenerate stem cells.

Find our Cacao in the Wild

We are happy to be the suppliers of some wonderful cacao brands who are sharing cacao with their local communities. If you have your own cacao brand and want to partner with us, reach out!

Explore our Other Products

If you become a wholesaler, you’ll also get access to purchasing our other food products, sourced from the same Q’eqchi lands that are grown alongside cacao. Of course as nature would have designed it, all of these spices and flavors blend amazingly well in a hot cup of cacao.