Cacao Gifts
Holiday 2026
Give the good stuff: real cacao, real chocolate.
Single-origin Peruvian cacao and bean-to-bar chocolate, bought direct from the families who grow it. No refined sugar, no dairy, no fillers — just something worth unwrapping.
Order by Tuesday 22 December for Christmas delivery with FedEx 2Day · Free gift message at checkout
The cacao
For drinking. Four complete gifts — nothing else to add, nothing to assemble.
The Origin Explorer
For the one who tastes everything twice
Three single-origin cacaos side by side, so they can taste what terroir actually does to chocolate.
- High-Amazon Basin — bold, berry
- Sacred Valley — nutty, warm spice
- Tropical Desert — bright, citrus
$89.00
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Roots of the Amazon
For the cook
One origin in three forms — to drink, to bake with, to scatter over everything. The most versatile gift here.
- Ceremonial cacao, High-Amazon Basin
- Cacao nibs
- Pure cacao paste
$86.90
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The Explorer's Ritual
For someone new to real cacao
The gentlest way in. Cacao to drink plus bars to eat, so there is something familiar alongside something new.
- Ceremonial cacao to drink
- Single-origin chocolate bars
- Brewing instructions included
$73.98
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The Cacao Ceremonialist
For the facilitator, or the serious ritualist
Enough cacao to hold real ceremonies, at practitioner volume. The gift for someone who already knows what they are doing.
- Practitioner-volume ceremonial cacao
- Multiple origins
- Our largest bundle
$169.60
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Bean-to-bar, made in Peru from the same beans. Sweetened with organic coconut sugar — or not at all.
The 3-Bar Set
The easy gift — and the best price here
Three intensities in one box, so they can find out where their own taste sits.
- 100% — nothing added at all
- 70% — the classic dark
- 53% Unmilk'd — creamy, dairy-free
$24.99
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Unmilk'd 53% — 10 Bars
For the milk-chocolate person
Creamy without a drop of dairy. Lucuma and coconut sugar do the work milk usually does.
- Ten 50g bars
- Dairy-free, vegan, gluten-free
- Tropical Desert, Piura
$79.99
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100% Cacao — 10 Bars
For the purist, or for cooking
One ingredient. Eat it, chop it into a pan, or melt it into a drink — it does all three.
- Ten 50g bars
- No sugar of any kind
- High-Amazon Basin
$79.99
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You can taste the farm
Every bar and every bag names its valley in Peru. We buy direct from the families who grow it, and we have walked the land.
Coconut sugar, never refined
Where there is sweetness it comes from organic coconut sugar. The 100% bars have nothing added at all. Vegan, dairy-free, gluten-free throughout.
It lasts past January
A bag of cacao is a morning ritual for two months. Ten bars go further than a box of truffles that is gone by New Year.
Local to San Diego? Give the experience instead.
A 90-minute guided tasting of three cacao drinks in our Carlsbad tasting room, small groups, ages 16+. $50 a seat — a gift that is a morning out rather than a parcel. Dates run through 19 December.
Book a tastingQuestions people ask before buying a gift
Cacao or chocolate — which should I pick?
Bars if they want something to eat straight away and open on the day. Cacao if they like a morning ritual, or already drink matcha or good coffee. The Explorer's Ritual bundle has both.
Can I add a message?
Yes — add the free Custom Message product to your cart and write what you want on it. We print it and tuck it in the box.
Will they know what to do with the drinking cacao?
Every bundle includes instructions. The short version: four coins, 150 ml of hot milk or water, froth for a minute, sweeten to taste.
Is it sweet?
The drinking cacao arrives unsweetened on purpose, so each origin's own flavour comes through. The bars are sweetened with organic coconut sugar, except the 100% bars, which have nothing added.
Is it vegan / dairy-free / gluten-free?
Yes to all three, across everything on this page.
When should I order for Christmas?
Order by Tuesday 22 December and FedEx 2Day will have it there by Christmas Eve. Earlier is safer — we are a small team and the last week is busy.
