How warm should I drink my cocoa?

Wie warm soll ich meinen Kakao denn trinken?

Until a few days ago, when asked this question, I would still throw around semi-factual talking points, inject my own preferences, and finally cite the "science" I was familiar with.

For the past few days, I have been answering this question with a counter-question: "How warm would you like to drink it?"

And if some of our wonderful sippers happen to disagree, based on their expertise in the molecular structure of antioxidants and their denaturation through heat, I ask for their forgiveness.

Preparing ceremonial cacao: There is no right or wrong

I have realized that this is not just about cacao and its ingredients, the X antioxidants & neurotransmitters that have been identified in cacao to date.

For me, cacao and the field surrounding it represent a feminine and safe space. A space without right and wrong, sometimes even without "I" and "you." A space in which all polarities, all preferences, and all topics deserve to have room.

So, what happens when a proud Mischa steps forward and says the following? (Please read this in a proud, deep voice):

"The cacao must be drunk at a maximum of 63.6°C so that this and that happens and we avoid such and such. Aho!"

A hierarchy is created, a "right" and thus also a wrong. Camps are formed, information asymmetries arise, and a form of communication develops that does not refer to inner values, but in this case to Mischa and my expertise.

Preparing cacao? Just the way you like it

Don't get me wrong, it is incredibly important to have experts who delve so deeply into certain fields that you can no longer see them. For my part, however, I find that cacao may and should be felt, appreciated, played with, spilled, and smeared.

If the prophecy is true that this food of the gods always comes to light when humanity loses its way, then I hope its power does not depend on a few degrees Celsius more or less (in the cacao, not in the climate!). Perhaps that’s in the fine print of the prophets.

To get straight to the point: What you feel is right.

This may or may not align with science and other people. That is not in your hands, nor is it in mine or theirs.

That is why I encourage you at this point to trust that your preference, your quirk, or, to put it colloquially, your "kink in the cable" is exactly right for you in this moment and deserves to be there, provided it is not harmful to you and/or your surroundings.

I dream of a world in which we can be as we are, in order to find out who we can be.

In love,
Your Mischa

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Lieber Mischa, ich bin so tief berührt von Deinem Sein und Deinen Helfern. Licht und Liebe Danke Danke Danke
Hanna🙏

Sehr schön geschrieben, mit der Möglichkeit alles möglich sein zu lassen. Danke für die Erinnerung

Banause ! Ich liebs. .

Lieber Mischa,
Deine Seite ist wunderschön und liebevoll gestaltet. Ich habe Spaß beim Stöbern!!!
Und jetzt warte ich geduldig auf “meinen” von Euch kreierten Kakao!

Herzlichst Martina