Mood: Warm, Grounded, Aromatic
Best For: Daily cacao ritual, cold evenings, a cacao with Balkan roots
Latin name: Theobroma cacao “Criollo”, Juniperus communis, Elettaria cardamomum
Origin: Peru (cacao), Serbia (wild juniper)
Ingredients: Raw organic cacao, cardamom, cinnamon, Himalayan salt, wild juniper
Wild Criollo cacao from Peru meets wild juniper from the Serbian mountains.
Wild Cacao with Juniper and Spices
Wild Cacao is raw organic cacao powder from Peru, blended by Curandero.love in Serbia with cardamom, cinnamon, a pinch of Himalayan salt and wild Serbian juniper berries. Two wild traditions in one cup: the Amazon cacao and the Balkan kleka. The juniper gives it a resinous, forest freshness you will not find in any other cacao.
What Is in Wild Cacao
- Raw Criollo cacao – rich in calcium, copper, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and zinc, with theobromine for steady energy. Its flavanols, above all epicatechin, are associated with better circulation and antioxidant protection.
- Anandamide – named after the Sanskrit ananda, bliss. Few foods contain it, and cacao is one of them, which is why a cup of cacao feels like more than a drink.
- Wild juniper – the berry is in fact a small, fleshy cone. In folk medicine it is traditionally used for digestion and as a cleansing diuretic, and in European cooking as a spice.
- Cardamom – one of the oldest spices, mentioned in Sumerian records and in the Ayurvedic texts of India. Warm and bright.
- Cinnamon – from the inner bark of the Cinnamomum tree, once a gift fit for kings, and one of the richest spices in antioxidants.
- Himalayan salt – a pinch, mined in the Punjab region of Pakistan. It rounds the bitterness and opens the flavor.
This is not hot chocolate. No sugar, no milk powder: whole raw cacao, spices and a wild berry.
How to Prepare Wild Cacao
Stir 15 to 25g into water or plant milk heated to about 80°C, never boiling. Let it rest for a minute so the spices open, then drink slowly. On cold evenings it is the cup that warms from the inside.
For pure ceremonial cacao without spices, choose Lovers Cacao.
Miodrag –
Perfect warm pleasure that I love to share with loved ones
Marijana Gabrielsen –
Imala sam to zadovoljstvo da kod Ivana u Curandero šopu probam kakao i divlji kakao. Pravila sam ga sa biljnim, tačnije sojinim mlekom i predstavlja savršenstvo ukusa. Ono što ga razlikuje i od običnog i organskog kakaa je specifičnost mešavine kakaa i drugih začina, u čemu je Ivan neprikosnoveni majstor. Taj miks ukusa Vas vodi u neka daleka prostranstva, tako egzotična, a tako bliska i pitka. Oduševljena sam i što ovaj kakao savršeno otvara i balansira srčanu cakru, pa nakon konzumacije ovog savršenog napitka, imate osećaj prijatne toplote u grudima i nemerljive sreće. Moram da Vas upozorim da postoji mogućnost i da previše popijete, jer je teško odoleti. Želim da se zahvalim svojoj prijateljici koja mi je ovaj divni kakao poklonila I preporucila Ivanovu magiju sa biljkama. Moram i da naglasim da njegovi proizvodi nose prelepu i čistu energiju. Poklonite sebi ovu savršenu fuziju ukusa i uživajte u trenutku. Ja nastavljam da isprobavam ostale proizvode, a za sada je Curandero kakao moj prvi izbor kada želim da uključim sva čula. Prijatno!
Mirjana –
Ovaj kakao je fantastičan, pravila sam ga sa urmama i kakao buterom, neopisivo lep, pun ukus. Najkvalitetniji kakao koji sam probala.