Pure Cacao · Shop Direct & Wholesale
Single-origin, full-fat heirloom cacao — stone-ground in our own facility and shipped straight to your door. Buy a 450g brick or our full-fat powder, or stock it in your store.
Shop our cacao →Our story
"Cacao changed something in me. I just wanted to share that with people."
I started Mana Cacao out of love — plain and simple. Cacao brought a wonderful energy into my life and was my preferred morning beverage for a year or so before I decided to start to bridge this amazing medicine to the United States. So I set out with one intention: bring only the highest quality cacao beans into our facility and turn them into the best cacao I could, for everyone to enjoy.
I've spent several years traveling all over Central and South America — Guatemala and Peru especially, where so much of the world's ceremonial cacao comes from. And while I loved it there, nothing I tried compared to the cacao I found right here in Costa Rica. It's by far the creamiest, the most flavorful, and carries the best energy of any I've come across in all my years of travel. That's exactly why I'm so passionate about Mana Cacao.
Costa Rica makes that possible. The rich volcanic soil and warm tropical climate give the cacao here a depth and character you can't fake. Ours is heirloom cacao — an older, rarer variety, naturally rich in theobromine — and we keep it whole and full-fat, nothing stripped out and nothing added. Every brick and every bag carries a little of that: the land, the farmers, and the care that goes into it. I hope you feel it too.
We roast our cacao at low temperatures, for the shortest time possible, to keep all the beneficial alkaloids and nutrition as intact as we can. You can taste and feel the difference — all-day, sustained energy from one nice cup in the morning.
Costa Rican ceremonial cacao — a rich, grounding daily ritual naturally packed with magnesium, iron, and antioxidants. Stone-ground, full-fat, and nothing else.
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Cacao blended with hot water & sweetener — the perfect morning beverage.
Why Mana Cacao
We never defat our cacao. The natural cacao butter stays intact — delivering richer flavor, deeper nutrition, and a smoother, longer-lasting energy. Most commercial powders strip this away entirely.
Beans sourced from small-scale farms in Costa Rica that produce the highest quality cacao bean — the foundation of true ceremonial-grade cacao. Volcanic soil. Traditional cultivation. A living relationship with the land — and the farmers who steward it.
Produced in an FDA-registered facility in Costa Rica with an active LLC/EIN and full product liability insurance. Every brick and bag is made to a standard you — and your store — can trust.
The difference is clear
Bean-to-bag traceability
We work directly with small-scale farms in the rich rainforest regions of Costa Rica — where the highest quality cacao beans are grown, the foundation of true ceremonial-grade cacao.
Volcanic soil. Humid jungle climate. Traditional small-batch processing. This is what makes Mana Cacao feel alive in a way that mass-produced powders simply can't replicate.
The product
That's it — nothing added, nothing stripped out. We keep the cacao butter in, so you get the full flavor, the full nutrition, and a gentle, grounding lift without the caffeine crash. Available as a solid 450g brick or as stone-ground full-fat powder, below.
Certificate of Insurance available upon request — WhatsApp us or see wholesale info.
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Pick the form that fits your ritual. Imported from Costa Rica, shipped from the US — checkout is quick and secure.
Our pure cacao pressed into a solid brick. Chop off what you need, melt it down, and make it your own.
Buy now →Stone-ground full-fat cacao powder. Add hot water or milk and it's ready in seconds — perfect for your morning cup or an evening ceremony.
Buy now →The same full-fat powder in our larger size — for daily drinkers and bigger households who never want to run out.
Buy now →Every order ships from the US. Questions before you buy? Message us on WhatsApp — we're glad to help.
More than a treat
Whole, full-fat cacao — the way nature made it — is one of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet. Long before it was candy, people drank it. Ours is heirloom cacao, an older and rarer variety, grown in Costa Rica's volcanic soil, which gives it a depth and richness you can taste.
Because we never defat it, you get everything the bean has to offer — including theobromine, the gentle compound that gives cacao its warm, clear lift. Traditionally, people have reached for cacao to feel grounded, present, and a little more open-hearted. We just try to make the best version of it we can, and let the cacao do the rest.
Cacao is a beautiful companion for meditation, yoga, or a long day of focused work. The lift comes mostly from theobromine — cacao's primary stimulant — rather than the big caffeine hit of coffee, so the energy feels calmer, clearer, and more sustained: steady focus without the jitters or the crash. There's still a little caffeine in cacao, just far less than a cup of coffee — plus real nutrition in every cup, from magnesium and iron to cacao's rich antioxidant flavanols.
Mana Cacao is a food, not a supplement. We don't make health claims — we just keep the cacao whole and pure so you can enjoy it the way it's meant to be.
