I was pleasantly surprised at how big this bag was when it came in! I got the powder all over my clothes and bedsheets by accident when I opened it, so just be careful- this powder can explode everywhere! There was loose powder above the resealable part... meaning it can fly out after you cut the top of the plastic off. Which is what happened to me. Oops.
I've never tried organic raw cacao powder before, so I decided to make up a random chocolate milk concoction on the spot for me and my parents. My ingredients were a bit unconventional, but it worked!
This cacao powder is very deep and rich in flavor. Its color is a medium brown, and not quite as orange like the picture depicts. It's not really bitter, but it has an almost buttery, natural chocolate flavor. It's somewhat sweet on its own, considering it doesn't have any sweeteners in it.
The texture of the powder makes it comparable to water and vinegar, when stirred in cold liquid. When I stirred it into a cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk, the clumps floating around the top just wouldn't mix in. I kepts stirring and nothing happened. It all stayed dry, like that sand that never gets wet. I eventually had to thoroughly mix the powder in with my electric frother. Even that took a good 5 minutes. I'm not saying this powder is hard or old, but its composition seems to make it difficult to stir into liquids. It resists the moisture somehow, and insists on staying dry, clumpy and powdery.
I'm not used to powder being like that.
I just received a bag of red beet juice powder as well (for health and mostly for diy natural lip balm color). So I just tossed some in with the almond milk and cacao. Eh... it smelled very vegetabley. So I added more cacao powder and kept tossing in more ingredients.
I added organic honey with royal jelly, a couple drops of sweetened vanilla, some water, and a single packet of sugar to create about 20 oz. worth of drinks to serve 3. I presented my new "Chocolate Milk Latte" with pride.
It was astonishingly tasty and delicious. My parents gulped their drinks up, and my dad told me it tasted better than Starbucks!!
My mom is famous for taking teeeeeny tiny sips of drinks, at the rate of a tortoise. But this time, she was literally tossin it all back, and still sucking up the extra foam at the end! I have never witnessed my mom drink with such fervor in my life. Not once. I laughed at her and she grinned contentedly.
So my experience with Terrasoul began on a very good note. This product is yummy, and perfect for desserts, cakes, milkshakes, lattes, etc. It makes an awesome alternative to less healthy, highly processed dutch cocoa.
Cacao powder can be very versatile, and I look forward to whipping up more chocolate and vegatable drinks in the future! Haha. (Add super healthy ingredients where possible! It can't hurt, and no one could taste the beet powder- we only got its high antioxidants and nutrients.)
Organic Cacao Powder
