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Cacao

About Cacao
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Xaragua Cacao is an indigenous-owned brand led by a daughter, mother, and grandmother team from the Dominican Republic. Our cacao is grown, harvested and processed on our land. Cacao is a food and medicine indigenous to the western hemisphere, in particular to Southern Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America with origins in tropical South America. It is made from the beans of the Theobroma cacao evergreen tree.
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Home Grown Dominican Cacao
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Pricing

Muchisimo Xaragua (Standard) $65
Muchisimo Amargo (Bitter) $65

REGULAR XARAGUA (STANDARD) $35
REGULAR AMARGO (BITTER) $35

UN CHIN XARAGUA (STANDARD) $20
UN CHIN AMARGO (BITTER) $20

Sugar Options:
  • Standard (1.5 teaspoons of brown sugar per cacao bag)

  • Medicinal (Bitter cacao, no brown sugar)

Each bag of cacao comes with a spice mix of:

  • Cinnamon
  • Star Anise
  • Nutmeg
  • Ginger
  • Cloves
  • Bay Leaf
  • Allspice
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CACAO DRINKS

Cacao drinks, created by fermenting the seeds of the fruit, roasting them and preparing them into a drink, have long been used as a cardiovascular and spiritually heart-opening medicine indigenous communities in South America and the Caribbean. Mayans and Aztecs used to add cacao to a variety of foods, but they consumed it primarily as a drink. They would ground the cacao, mix in water, and spice it with chili, vanilla, honey, ear flower petals or a number of other ingredients. It is said that the Aztec emperor, Montezuma, reportedly drank 50 cups of cacao a day. In the Dominican Republic, cacao is often made with water and spiced with cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, bay leaf, and other anti-inflammatory herbs and spices.
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Cacao Has Been Found To

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Improve cognitive function

Regular cacao consumption can improve general cognition, attention, processing speed, and working memory, and reduce mental fatigue—specially in the long term.

Boost the immune system

It’s a good source of zinc, one of the most important nutrients for fighting off bacteria and viruses, and its polyphenols help feed good gut bacteria, which are also essential to keeping strong immunity.

Decrease risk of heart disease

Cacao’s dense concentration of theobromine and flavonols is largely responsible for its ability to decrease your risk of cardiovascular disease. Minerals like potassium and zinc are also crucial in maintaining strong blood vessels and a healthy cardiovascular system.Cacao can lower high blood pressure, improve blood flow, prevent blood clots, raise HDL (the “good” cholesterol), and protect against oxidation of LDL.

Protect against chronic diseases

Cocoa polyphenols express antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anticarcinogenic properties. Such health-promoting goodness goes a long way in protecting against oxidative stress and chronic inflammation—both major risk factors for cancer and other chronic diseases.

Improve mood

A wide array of cacao’s chemical compounds offer significant mood-enhancing properties, including theobromine, caffeine, phenylethylamine (otherwise known as the “love drug”), and some of the body’s own naturally occurring antidepressants like anandamide (whose name translates as “bliss”), tryptophan, and serotonin.

Enhance performance

The flavanols in cacao can influence the bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO), which often equates to enhanced physical performance. Indeed, this study found that after eating dark chocolate, cyclists used less oxygen and covered a longer distance compared to a cacao-less ride.

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