We would love to support you in sharing this sacred medicine with your community.
If you hold circles, run retreats, or share cacao in your community, we created this page as an online resource to share everything you need to know to get started.
"I ask that blessings fall upon everyone who drinks our cacao, so that the blessings of our forest plantations can continue to support us. May our brothers and sisters continue to be imbued with more strength in their search for wellbeing with cacao. Pasonki"
Ángel Pedro Valerio
Asháninka leader, president of CARE, an organisation that represents 23 Indigenous communities, some living in voluntary isolation.
Cacao Love is proudly Asháninka grown.
We have personal, direct and ongoing relationships with the farmers who tend the orchards that produce our cacao. Created in small forest clearings, these remote villages are located six hours up river from the nearest town of Satipo, in the Junín province of Peru.
Self-governing communities
The Asháninka are largest Indigenous people of the Peruvian Amazon. They are organised as a network of autonomous communities, a political structure that has sustained their resilience across centuries.
Sacred plant medicine
Central to traditional healing in Asháninka culture is the use of sacred plant medicines, including ayahuasca, coca and tobacco.
Diverse ecosystem
The Junín National Reserve protects over 53,000 hectares of high-altitude wetlands, hosting diverse wildlife, migratory birds, insects, and native frogs.
Located in the Central Highlands
Junín is a high-altitude province located in the central highlands of Peru. It sits at an elevation of over 4,100 metres and is home to Lake Junín, the largest lake in Peru.
Wholesale prices
What is the cost per serving?
| Cost per serving | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serving size | Number of servings per 450g bag | 10 bags | 30 bags | 60 bags | 25kg box | 75kg box |
| 11g (≈1 tbsp) | 40 | 61p | 49p | 46p | 43p | 39p |
| 22g (≈2 tbsp) | 20 | £1.22 | 98p | 91p | 85p | 79p |
| 33g (≈3 tbsp) | 13 | £1.83 | £1.46 | £1.37 | £1.28 | £1.18 |
| 42g | 10 | £2.33 | £1.86 | £1.74 | £1.62 | £1.51 |
What comes with my order?
- Your cacao, lovingly prepared in eco-packaging
- A PDF how-to guide for easily preparing cacao for larger groups
- A contraindications guide and screening script you can share with ceremony participants
- A myth-busting PDF guide so you can dispel the most common cacao myths circulated online
- A download link to our social media assets folder with photographs and videos of the growers, approved for sharing online
- A bonus PDF of 50 fascinating facts about cacao and the people who grow it, perfect for creating compelling social media content
- Cacao Love EP of original songs recorded by Diane to accompany your ceremonies
- My personal number, so you can reach me directly with any questions you have, at any time
Every harvest of Cacao Love is lab tested for heavy metals.
Cacao trees are known as "hyper-accumulators," which means that they absorb nutrients and minerals from the soils they grow in, concentrating them in the seeds.
This unfortunately includes heavy metals that might be present in the environment where cacao grows.
When Consumer Reports tested 28 dark chocolate bars in 2022, they discovered that most of them contained lead and cadmium above California’s safe daily thresholds.
Cadmium is a naturally occurring element found in mineral-rich volcanic soils, whereas lead is generally a post-harvest contaminant that enters the production chain via dust from roadside drying.
Thankfully, there is very little cadmium in the forest soils of Peru's Central Highlands, and our cacao is fermented and dried in forest clearings alongside the river, hours from the nearest road.
We test every harvest of Cacao Love, and our results have always demonstrated extremely low readings of all heavy metals.
How quickly will my order ship?
We can usually ship all wholesale orders in 48 hours. If you need your cacao sooner, get in touch and we will try to help.
What is the use by date?
We import cacao on a monthly basis, so the use by date is always 12 months from the time of your purchase.
Can I brand the cacao myself?
Yes! We can ship your cacao in blank bags, or we can even apply your own labels in our kitchen, so you receive your finished product. There is no additional charge for this service. Use the contact form at the bottom of this page to message us if you'd like to arrange this.
What if there’s an issue with my cacao?
We sometimes make mistakes, but we always put things right. Use the contact form at the bottom of this page to drop me a message if you have any issue at all with your order.
Can I try a sample?
Yes! Order here with a 10% discount.
The price you pay for the sample will be refunded from your first wholesale order, and you’ll get all of the wholesale goodies before you commit.
Is there anything else you recommend?
Why of course!
We published the first book documenting the modern cacao movement with Aeon Books, that is also a self-paced study guide to sharing the medicine of your heart.
We also commissioned this altar statue of Ixcacao, the goddess of cacao, inspired by a vision Gavin had in his early ceremonies with cacao.
If you’ve made it this far on the page, use this link, and you’ll get an automatic 20% discount at checkout if you order both!
Order nowIf you have any questions, please get in touch.