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Iced Cacao!

Your Warm-Weather Ritual, Reimagined

All the potency of ceremonial cacao. Chilled, shaken, and ready to revive.

Some rituals don't need the heat to hold their power.

If you've been reluctantly swapping your morning cacao for iced coffee as the temperatures rise, consider this your permission slip to stop compromising. Keith's Cacao served over ice is not a lesser version of your practice — it's a whole new expression of it.

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Cold Doesn't Mean Compromised


Iced Cacao carries every bit of the richness, depth, and ceremonial potency of your warm cup. The magnesium, theobromine, anandamide, and PEA are all there, doing their quiet, brilliant work — energizing your body, lifting your mood, and sharpening your focus. The only thing that's changed is the temperature.


In fact, many people find Iced Cacao more invigorating — crisp, bold, and almost effervescent in the way it wakes you up. Less cocoon, more ignition.



The Mindset Shift


If cacao has always meant candlelight, warm mugs, and slow mornings for you, this is a gentle invitation to expand that relationship. Ceremonial doesn't have a dress code. It simply means intentional — and you can bring that same presence to a glass full of ice just as easily as a ceramic mug.


Different? Yes. Cold? Obviously. Every bit as sacred? Absolutely.



The One Trick That Makes It Perfect


Iced Cacao is beautifully simple to prepare — all you need is a blender and something to shake with (a cocktail shaker works beautifully; a jam jar works just as well).


The key is adjusting your water ratio. Start with less liquid than you normally would. As the ice melts, it'll add volume naturally — meaning your final drink stays bold, concentrated, and deeply satisfying rather than watered-down and flat. Strong cacao energy, right to the last sip.



Your New Hot-Day Ritual


Whether you're sipping solo at your desk, sharing it in ceremony with friends, or blending a batch for a slow summer afternoon — Iced Cacao delivers. It's enlivening, it's grounding, and once you try it, it has a way of becoming non-negotiable.


Your warm-weather ritual just got an upgrade. Your body will know the difference.

Iced Keith's Cacao

Our beloved warm Cacao drink turned into a refreshing summer wonder!

Servings: 1

Keywords: Cacao, Ceremonial Cacao, Iced Cacao, Summer Drink

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 2 mins
  • Total Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

Instructions

Ingredients

  • 28 grams Keith's Cacao
  • 100 ml Water
  • 20 Ice cubes

Instructions

  1. Chop your Cacao into small pieces
  2. Heat the water to a simmer
  3. Add the Cacao
  4. Add your favorite sweetener, if using any
  5. Blend for a few minutes until you get the desired texture
  6. Place half of the ice cubes in the shaker
  7. Add the Cacao to the shaker and shake, shake, shake!
  8. Place the rest of the ice cubes into the half-pint glass
  9. Pour the Cacao from the shaker into the glass with the ice
  10. Drink and enjoy!

Notes

You will need:

• Saucepan

• Blender

• Cocktail shaker

• Half-pint glass


The recipe uses metric measurements. Convert recipe measurements between US and metric units here


Feel free to add your favorite spices and flavorings!

Shop Keith's Cacao

Our Ceremonial Cacao and hand-peeled Cacao Beans are the world's finest. We choose to rely on the amazing humans in our Guatemalan community and not on machines to produce our cacao. This minimal processing approach ensures you get the highest quality energy and nutrition cacao can deliver.