Ignacio & Senovia Source

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:: 100% CEREMONIAL CACAO ::

Single-Farm Cacao Beans Source: Ignacio & Senovia’s Family Farm

Watershed & Region: Columbia River - San Pedro, Toledo District, Southern Belize

Cacao Process: Traditional 2 day Ferment, Washed & Dried. Roasted, Winnowed, Stone Ground for 12-24 Hours, Untempered.

Origin Story: Two in a half miles up the Columbia River in the foothills of the Maya Mountains sits our longtime friends and elders Ignacio and Senovia’s multigenerational cacao grove and homestead. For the past decade, they’ve welcomed us to take the adventure upstream, solely accessible by boat or foot, to share their market goods, camp out, and enjoy a home made meal of tortillas and stewed chicken. From here, Senovia travels to and from market in her hand carved dug out canoe 3x a week to sell their dried cacao beans and farm goods as Ignacio tends the land. Just around the river bend lies the headwaters of the Columbia River, a crystalline blue spring that gurgles up from underground limestone caves and supplies life to all of the villages below it ~ a truly magical place.

Available Quantities:

114g Heart :: $15.00 + s&h (by request)

454g Brick :: $50.00 + s&h

Quantity:

:: 100% CEREMONIAL CACAO ::

Single-Farm Cacao Beans Source: Ignacio & Senovia’s Family Farm

Watershed & Region: Columbia River - San Pedro, Toledo District, Southern Belize

Cacao Process: Traditional 2 day Ferment, Washed & Dried. Roasted, Winnowed, Stone Ground for 12-24 Hours, Untempered.

Origin Story: Two in a half miles up the Columbia River in the foothills of the Maya Mountains sits our longtime friends and elders Ignacio and Senovia’s multigenerational cacao grove and homestead. For the past decade, they’ve welcomed us to take the adventure upstream, solely accessible by boat or foot, to share their market goods, camp out, and enjoy a home made meal of tortillas and stewed chicken. From here, Senovia travels to and from market in her hand carved dug out canoe 3x a week to sell their dried cacao beans and farm goods as Ignacio tends the land. Just around the river bend lies the headwaters of the Columbia River, a crystalline blue spring that gurgles up from underground limestone caves and supplies life to all of the villages below it ~ a truly magical place.

Available Quantities:

114g Heart :: $15.00 + s&h (by request)

454g Brick :: $50.00 + s&h

It is with deep gratitude that we are able to turn this passion project of ours into a small business with the mission to directly support these Maya families while bridging this medicine to our loved ones of the North. We pour every ounce of our love into this process of Sourcing, Processing, Packaging, Marketing, and Distributing, so it can now be received into your hearts and hands, & so that we may continue cultivating a 20+ year relationship with Belize that is sustainable for many more years to come.

We value making this medicine accessible for all. Because we are a small scale business and source a majority of our beans from single-farm origins, we are only able to fulfill bulk orders up to 10lbs per person this year to allow the opportunity for the medicine to spread throughout our communities far and wide. We appreciate your support and getting to share our love of these people and places with you in this way!

::INGREDIENTS::

100% Organic Cacao Paste

::SERVING SIZE::

Daily Dose: 20g-28g

Ceremonial Dose: 30-40g

Slice and chop cacao into a powder consistency and combine with 8-10 oz of liquid (water, milk/nut mylk, herbal tea) that is hot but under boiling temperature. Add an optional sweetner like raw honey or maple syrup and spice to your desire (bird pepper/cayenne, cinnamon, cardamom, turmeric). Whisk or blend ingredients together until frothy and intentionally enjoy! Use as a substitute for cocoa powder in baking ingredients, or temper into a personally crafted chocolate bar!