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Crystal Cacao® from Peru

Two varieties. Two ways to feel.

Heart-opening. Powerful.

$62~~$89~~per pack in a set of 3

Shop Awake

Focus. High performance.

$62~~$89~~per pack in a set of 3

Shop Create

Compare profiles

Lab profiles · per 100 g

Two beans, two profiles

Two different fine-flavor cacao beans. The lab shows how they differ.

L-tryptophan: Awake 30 mg Create 20 mg
Theobromine: Awake 950 mg Create 1,050 mg
Caffeine: Awake 120 mg Create 140 mg
Phenylethylamine: Awake 5 mg Create 10 mg
Anandamide: Awake 54 µg Create 61 µg
Polyphenols: Awake 5,030 mg Create 5,620 mg

Measured on the finished blend by PLENUM Dr. Born, reported by Dartsch Scientific. See the analyses

What you feel

Awake. Clear. Mineralized.

Awake. Alert, never wired.
Clear. A calmer, sharper mind.
Mineralized. 24 natural minerals and trace elements.
Antioxidants. Pure plant power, no sugar.
Pure. Certified organic, nothing added.

Two people at a café table, one with a tablet, one with a cup of cacao

Christian Bernd Bauer in the podcast studio

Podcast · from 8:30

What the shelf calls “cacao”

Powder, chocolate, ceremonial cacao, crystal cacao: one word, four things. Christian explains the difference in three minutes.

Watch on YouTube (German)

One cup compared

Awake. Clear. No caffeine crash.

Far less caffeine than coffee, plus theobromine, which coffee lacks.

Per cup
Caffeine	21 mg	80–100 mg	80 mg
Theobromine	158 mg	–	–

Lab data

Energy over time: coffee and energy drinks spike and crash, Crystal Cacao stays steady

What customers write

“A wonderful cacao, like nothing I have had anywhere else.”
Stefanie Spree · Jan 2026
“My coffee is down to a minimum. I concentrate for longer and feel much clearer.”
Katrin · Dec 2025
“The service was exemplary, friendly and lightning fast.”
Jojo · Mar 2026

Google reviews of Qi Blanco, shortened and translated from German.

“In Mexico I met cacao as it really is. Since then I want to replace coffee with a cup that gives you something.”

Christian Bernd Bauer, founder

Studies and proof

Every variety tested in the lab

Six documents from three labs, three per variety. Open them yourself.

Close-up of the cacao mass with its light crystal pattern — **The difference shows in the pattern.** It is visible proof of naturally processed cacao.

Our roots

A cacao tradition over 6,000 years old, from the Peruvian Amazon.

Hands cutting a ripe cacao pod with pruning shears

Cacao farmer in the forest holding a harvested pod

Cacao farmer carrying a harvest tub through the forest

Direct, fair trade with small family farms
Grown in biodiverse agroforestry
Processed at low temperatures

Preparation

Your ritual in three steps

Break off 15 g and crumble it finely.
Dissolve it in 75 ml of warm milk or water, at most 185 °F (85 °C).
Froth it, let it rest briefly and sip slowly.

One pack makes 28 cups: your 28-day ritual.

Anna shows you how she makes her cup. Watch on Instagram

Our varieties

Crystal Cacao® Awake – Organic pack, front

Crystal Cacao® Awake – Organic $62~~$89~~

Crystal Cacao® Create – Organic pack, front

Crystal Cacao® Create – Organic $62~~$89~~

Choose your bundle

2 packs · save $18 per pack
3+ packs · save $27 per pack
Create and Awake count toward the same discount — so adding Awake costs no more than another Create.

Bundle option

Regular price$178 $142 You save $36

$71 per pack

Our promise. Try it for 20 days. Money back, even on opened packs.

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