Cacao Around the World

Mesoamerica
The Sacred Guardians

Countries: Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras
This is where cacao began. Revered by the Olmec, Maya, and Aztec civilizations, Cacao was offered in ceremony, consumed by shamans, and used as currency.
Here, cacao is still treated as a spirit, often grown in biodiverse family plots and used in ancestral rituals that awaken the heart.

Rising Consciouses
Spiritual Plant Traditions

Countries: Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, India
In Asia, cacao is being grown in high-frequency, intentional environments.
Often integrated into yoga and wellness communities, Asian-grown cacao is gaining recognition for its energy and vibrational clarity.
Here, cacao is becoming a tool for daily mindfulness, beauty rituals, and spiritual practice.

Ancestral Water Medicine
Island Cacao

Countries: Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad, Jamaica
Island-grown cacao carries tropical vibrancy and unique terroir.
In the Caribbean, cacao is rooted in both African and Indigenous traditions, used in herbal healing and spiritual cleansing practices.
Through the element of Water, this cacao invites us to soften our edges, feel deeply, and see clearly. It asks us to dissolve separation and restore connection

Wild Wisdom
Andes Mountains to the Amazon

Countries: Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia
South America is the birthplace of rare native strains of cacao like Criollo and Nacional. These beans carry unique spiritual frequencies and potent medicinal properties.
Cacao is often used in plant medicine ceremonies, combined with breathwork, prayer, and sacred sound to facilitate deep healing and soul activation.

The Power of Regeneration
Strength and sacred power

Countries: Ghana, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon
West Africa produces nearly 70% of the world’s cacao.
In many West African lineages, cacao resonates with the vibration of abundance and spiritual prosperity.
While much of it has been industrialized, a growing movement is focused on regenerating the land, ensuring fair wages, and restoring cacao’s spiritual and economic value for African farmers and communities.

Alchemy of the Heart
Cacao Beyond Soil

Countries: Ancient Europe and Egypt
Cacao was not cultivated in ancient Israel, Europe, or Egypt. Yet in these lands, we find symbols, sacred practices, and plant rituals that align deeply with what cacao now represents: heart, memory, bloodline, and divine communion.
Cacao is a spirit, and spirit knows no borders.
It enters through vibration, alignment, readiness, and the soul’s remembering.

The Spirit That Traveled,
The Medicine That Remembered

Cacao was not created by the Maya or Olmec; it was protected by them.
The true origin of cacao begins further back, further in deep in the wild slopes of the Andean mountains.
Under sacred fires and shifting skies, that cacao was born in its wildest form:
giant, raw, medicinal.

Those who lived closest to the land didn’t cultivate it for profit.
They listened to it.

The elders, the warriors, the guardians of the land, were taught by the plant itself.
Cacao spoke.
Cacao warned.
Cacao guided.
They protected it not because it was useful, but because it was life.

CACAO STORIES

Rooted in ceremony, nature, and storytelling, these narratives reveal the heart behind honoring the sacred spirit of cacao and the lives it touches.

Dahiana Naidu

Author, international Speaker, Holistic Medicine MBS, Certified life and health coach, Nutrition Specialist, Medicine Chef, Ordained spiritual ceremonialist.

Rosaura Laura

Rosaura Laura is a wisdom keeper, healer, and guardian of sacred cacao traditions, and her heart carries the stories of her ancestors.
She lives in a deep relationship with cacao, honoring it as medicine, ritual, and life-force.

Keith Wilson

Keith was a former NASA engineer and spiritual seeker who moved to Guatemala in search of deeper truth. one of the first modern facilitators to reintroduce cacao ceremonies to the Western world.

Mose Cacao

founded regular cacao dances where members of the community have the opportunity to journey deep into dance while held in a ceremonial container, free of alcohol.

More than a product, cacao is a keeper of memory, medicine, and meaning.
From the sacred ceremonies of Mesoamerica to the modern cacao rituals of today, each formulation is born through prayer, research, and connection to the lands, people, and spirit of cacao.