Nikoko Cacao

Business as a vehicle for growth and transformation 👇

A mentor once told me something that changed everything —

“Nothing changes until you do.”

How often do you blame everything but yourself when life isn’t what you want it to be?

I spent years doing exactly that, until rock bottom came and I realized no one can truly help me, except me.

After almost 5 years of running Nikoko Cacao, the biggest lesson wasn’t about marketing, products, or strategy.

It was this 👇

Nothing changes until you do.

Business demands your full responsibility. No shortcuts. No excuses. Just you, showing up — even when it’s hard.

And here’s what I’ve noticed along the way —

You’re always either cementing what you’ve already built, or laying scaffolding for what’s next. New systems. New pathways. New versions of yourself.

“failures” are actually the required initiation

The business grows when you grow. That’s the real ROI. 🍫🌱

Are you taking full responsibility for where you are right now? Drop a line in the comments.

Cacao just hits better in nature

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Desert cacao 🏜️ 🍫

Better energy
Better mood
Absorb UV rays with high flavanol cacao

The best coffee alternative you haven’t heard of . . .

I’m probably one of five Maya Nut Roaster in the US

Maya has serious potential to become the most essential base ingredient for coffee alternatives because it tastes similar to coffee and chocolate but is caffeine free and has superfood level nutrition

I like to think of the Maya Nut tree as an ancient elder. Wise beyond any of us humans. The Maya Nut tree is a canopy tree, making life easier and more hospitable for any plant life that lives in its proximity.

Reforestation is built into our supply chain. When 100 pounds of Maya are harvested, 3 trees are planted.

You can support this reforestation by purchasing our Maya Superfoods products.

Let’s rewrite the narrative for Maya Nut. It was once called a famine food, but has the potential to feed the masses at scale with ease. 1 mature tree can produce 800 lbs of maya nut

Your purchase empowers indigenous women in Nicaragua, where jobs for women are scarce.

‘Finding balance between people, food and forests’ is our slogan and with your help, we can make this manifest.

Why we created a ceremonial Cacao blend with Maya Nut, even when no one has heard of it. . .

Since my 1st cup of ceremonial Cacao over 12 years ago, I was hooked.

I sat across from a Cacao Shaman telling me pure cacao was a heart opener.

I had only known chocolate as a sugared up candy that made my stomach hurt and yet, this drink, in this setting was having a profound complimentary effect inside as I turned my attention to internal cues like breathing, body scanning, and tuning into more subtle sensations/ energy

Since I’ve been a health not my whole life, and have always had a sensitive stomach, I thought what else can I add to Cacao to make it even better!?!?

The same wizard who introduced me to pure Cacao also introduced me to Maya Nut (also called mojo, ramon, capomo, ojoche depending on region). Keith, the cacao shaman, who had a deep background in herbalism, and a love for plant knowledge, suggested that Maya Nut was the best synergist to add to Cacao. For it provided more of a grounded energy to balance the gentle stimulation from theobromine/caffeine.

Maya Nut is the hidden gem in our ceremonial Cacao blend. It tastes similar to coffee or chocolate, but it is caffeine free. It’s loaded with calcium and magnesium which aid muscle and bone health. It’s also rich in fiber for the digestive system. Most interesting though, it it’s rich tryptophan content.

Tryptophan is an essential amino acid (an amino acid the body cannot make on its own and must come through diet) that is essential for producing serotonin, which regulates food, appetite, and sleep.

Best thing about maya nut? it deeply compliments the flavor of Cacao.

Cacao and Maya Nut grow naturally in the same ecosystem. Ancient plant synergy.

Try our totally unique Maya Cacao blend today

There’s a reason ancient cultures obsessed over cacao

Real Cacao (%70 or more) is rich in flavonol’s that support blood flow, heart health, and cognitive function

But most modern chocolate is processed, diluted and stripped of what made Cacao powerful in the first place

If you’re going to have chocolate…. make it real cacao from .cacao

Our cacao is ENHANCED with wild-harvested maya nut and log-grown mushrooms

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