Amaru
GUARDIAN OF UKU PACHA · TOCACHE, PERU (ASHÁNINKA)Uplifting bliss, clarity, vitality, energy, joy and heartfelt connection. Energising and heart-opening, releasing the old and embracing the new.
The Story
Uku Pacha is the inner realm: the sacred underworld of ancestors, instincts, transformation and renewal. The ancient Amaru serpent honours the spiral-shaped Chinchipe-Marañón cacao temple of Montegrande (5500 BC). With its primal grace, it guards the roots and the cacao tree.
LINEAGE- Variety
- Criollo blend
- Origin
- Tocache, Peru
- Community
- Asháninka
- Process
- Traditionally fermented using ancestral methods
- Guardian
- Amaru (serpent)
Biochemical Profile
Traditionally fermented using ancestral methods to balance flavour with medicinal profile. Exceptionally high in polyphenols, theobromine and acetyl ethanolamides (AEAs). Supports cognition, physical activation, movement, release and vitality.
Ways to Enjoy
Daily, to boost energy, cognition, clarity, mind-body flow and vitality. Or in ritual: movement, dance, breath holds, creative flow and emotional release.
About this cacao
Uplifting, heart-opening ancestral cacao,
guardian of the roots.
100% Pure Certified Organic Criollo Cacao Paste (1kg block)
Single-Origin • Organic • Virgin Crop • 29:1 Theobromine to Caffeine
Why Amaru Is Different
Amaru is a ceremonial Criollo cacao, hand-crafted in Tocache, Peru. It is organically shade-grown and every pod is hand-selected by our farmer. Our research into it was supported by a Callaghan Innovation research grant.
It has an incredible ratio of 29:1 theobromine to caffeine, so you get long-lasting, uplifting energy without the jitters or crash of coffee. Our biochemical analysis also showed it to be potent in ethanolamides (NAEs) for feelings of bliss, polyphenols for mental clarity and tryptophan for joy.
🐍 Uplifting & Energising
An externalising cacao that brings heart-opening bliss and energising clarity.
⚡ Clean, Sustained Energy
880 mg theobromine and only 30 mg caffeine per 100 g, lab tested.
💃 A Cacao for Movement
Made for breathwork, dance, movement, expression and active ceremony.
☕ Sweet & Fruity Flavour
Sweet, fruity notes absorbed from the Amazonian agroforestry where it grows.
UPLIFTING • HEART-OPENING • ANCESTRAL • CEREMONIAL • ORGANIC
The Experience
Sensations: Uplifting, bliss, clarity, joy and happiness.
Flavours: Sweet, fruity, acidic, bitter.
Best for: Movement, breathwork, trauma release, dance, physical expression, exercise, detox and heart opening, and for daily energy, immunity, balance and wellbeing.
Ways to Enjoy
- Daily cup – shave or grate 20–30 g (2–3 Tbsp) into hot water or hot plant milk, then whisk or blend until creamy.
- Ritual & ceremony – breathwork, ecstatic dance, movement, expression and active ceremony.
- Add spices (cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, cayenne) and a natural sweetener such as coconut sugar or honey if you like.
Guardian of Ukhu Pacha
In the Andean cosmovision, Ukhu Pacha is the inner world below – the realm of our ancestors, transformation and renewal. The serpent, Amaru in Quechua, is its guardian. Amaru honours the Awajún people, whose ceremonial cacao temple at Montegrande in Jaén was built in the shape of a spiral more than 5,000 years ago, representing the union of the human spirit with the universe and our connection to the ancestors.
Each block comes blessed from the farm and directly supports the farmers and community who produce it.
Nutritional Facts – 1kg block
Serving Size: 20 g (2 Tbsp) | Servings per block: 50
| Nutrient / Compound | Per 20 g | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 518 kJ (124 Cal) | 2,590 kJ |
| Total Fat | 9.6 g | 48 g |
| – Saturated Fat | 6.2 g | 31 g |
| – Unsaturated Fat | 3.4 g | 16.9 g |
| Cholesterol | 0 g | 0 g |
| Total Carbohydrate | 6.8 g | 34 g |
| – Dietary Fibre | 4 g | 20 g |
| – Sugars | 0 g | 0 g |
| Protein | 2.8 g | 13.8 g |
| Vitamin C | 2.5 mg | 12.5 mg |
| Magnesium | 78 mg | 388 mg |
| Calcium | 25 mg | 124 mg |
| Iron | 1.9 mg | 9.5 mg |
| Zinc | 1.0 mg | 5.1 mg |
| Phosphorus | 83 mg | 416 mg |
| Theobromine | 176 mg | 880 mg |
| Caffeine | 6 mg | 30 mg |
| Total Polyphenols | 280 mg | 1,400 mg |
| Ethanolamides (NAEs) | 176 mcg | 880 mcg |
| Phenethylamine (PEA) | 156 mcg | 780 mcg |
| Tryptophan | 1.4 mg | 6.8 mg |
| Tryptamine | 0.6 mg | 3.2 mg |
Values from our product label. Because the cacao is hand-crafted, every batch differs slightly.
Ingredients
100% pure certified organic ceremonial cacao paste (Theobroma cacao L. – Criollo) — nothing else added.
Origin: Tocache, Peru – grown by our Amaru farmer Rolando and his family
Process: Shade-grown in natural agroforestry • Virgin crop, hand-selected pods • Artisanally fermented and dried below 50°C • Whole bean, stone-milled into paste • No alkalisation • No additives • Cadmium and heavy-metal tested and safe.
Packaging: 1kg block hand-wrapped in wax paper inside a cardboard box.
Each block is handmade by our farming family in Peru. Because the cacao is untempered, flavour, texture and colour can differ slightly from batch to batch, and a little white bloom on the surface is natural.
“The Amaru connects us to our roots – to the ancestors, the earth, and the cacao tree itself.”
Guided by the Serpent