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Ordering / Pricing

Order by calling (905) 457-5776 or by email.

Truffles are available for $2 each or equivalent trade.

Also available at Cafe 720 (Toronto Sprouts)
720 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON
Open : mon-fri 10am - 6pm || sat 11am - 5pm

Ingredients and Variations

Cacao Truffle Ingredients

raw cacao beans *
cold pressed cacao butter*
coconut milk *
agave *
maple syrup *
vanilla beans *

Variations ( Special Request )

fresh roasted cacao beans * ( smokey, nuttier chocolate tasting )
fresh roasted coffee beans * ( infused or sprinkled on top )
fresh cinnamon bark * and hot chili peppers * ( for the Mayan in us )
fresh, heavenly, rich, smooth cacao mousse * ( straight or as a hot chocolate )

* organic and fair traded

Each hand made truffle weighs 18 grams.

In The Beginning

In the beginning was chocolate, or at least that's what I called it. Then I saw the beans. Yes, chocolate is derived from cacao beans. "Food of the gods". I liked that.

My involvement with this food has transported me into a whole new world. I've made contact with what I consider, many wonderful and extra ordinary people. A part of a healing and awakening journey. The cacao fabric being woven is phenomenal from my point of experience.

Eight months of cacao alchemy has led to a formula which is the basis for the cacao bar, cacao truffle, cacao mousse or hot creamy cacao drink.

Each batch of bars, truffles or mousse is carefully hand crafted over a 2 hour period.

Theobromine

Theobromine is the primary alkaloid found in cocoa; chocolate contains 0.5-2.7% theobromine.

Therapeutic uses

Following its discovery in the late 1800s, theobromine was put to use by 1916, where it was recommended by the publication Principles of Medical Treatment as a treatment for edema (excessive liquid in parts of the body), syphilitic angina attacks, and degenerative angina.^[15] The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition notes that theobromine was once used as a treatment for other circulatory problems including arteriosclerosis, certain vascular diseases, angina pectoris, and hypertension.^[16]

In modern medicine, theobromine is used as a vasodilator (a blood vessel widener), an aid in urinating, and heart stimulant.^[1] In addition, the future use of theobromine in such fields as cancer prevention has been patented.^[17]

Theobromine has also been used in birth defect experiments involving mice and rabbits. A decreased fetal weight was noted in rabbits following forced feeding, but not after other administration of theobromine. Birth defects were not seen in rats.^[18]

Pharmacology

In the human liver, theobromine is metabolized into methylxanthine and subsequently into methyluric acid.^[19]

As a methylated xanthine, theobromine is a potent Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) phosphodiesterase inhibitor;^[8] this means that it helps prevent the enzyme phosphodiesterase from converting the active cAMP to an inactive form.^[20] Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate works as a second messenger in many hormone- and neurotransmitter-controlled metabolic systems, such as the breakdown of glycogen. When the inactivation of cAMP is inhibited by a compound such as theobromine, the effects of the neurotransmitter or hormone which stimulated the production of cAMP are much longer lived. The net result is generally a stimulatory effect.^[21]