Food & Wine Top 5 · Bon Appétit · VICE · International Chocolate Salon
Our signature spiced cocoa — rich, comforting, and made with organic cacao and functional mushrooms that help support your body and mind.* Born in the mountains of Utah and designed for daily ritual.
5g of sugar per serving · vegan · dairy-free · gluten-free
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Made for taste
Most functional drinks ask you to hold your nose and think about the benefits. We started from the other end: make a cocoa good enough to win over people who care about what's in their cup, then earn the rest.
The cacao is organic. The body comes from coconut milk, not fillers. The sweetness is 5g of sugar per serving — enough to taste like dessert's more disciplined older sibling, not enough to be the point. Original Spice warms up with cinnamon, ginger, and a little cayenne; Lux Vanilla goes the other way, smooth and quiet, finished with a pinch of Utah salt.
You don't have to take our word for the taste. The people whose job is judging it already did.
Figures come from each product's own label or published product page, per serving as stated — not normalized, not editorialized. Where a column beats us, it says so.
| LOCOCO | Popular cocoas Swiss Miss · Nestlé · Ghirardelli |
Mushroom coffees MUD\WTR · RYZE · Four Sigmatic · Laird |
Functional & ceremonial cacao Ora Cacao and similar |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar per serving | 5g | 12–23g | 0–2g, mostly unsweetened | 0g — unsweetened; brand suggests adding your own sweetener |
| Ingredient #1 | Organic cacao | Sugar — listed first by all three | Coffee, chai, or cacao — varies | Cacao beans |
| To make a cup | Hot water, 20-second froth | Hot water or milk, stir | Hot water, stir; milk and sweetener to taste | ~25 discs, 180°F water, blender recommended |
| Functional mushrooms on the ingredient list | Three, named in full | None | Varies by brand and blend | Up to eleven in the mushroom blend |
| Culinary award on record | Food & Wine Top 5 · International Chocolate Salon | None found | None found | None found |
| Caffeine | Under 10% the caffeine of coffee | Minimal | Varies — positioned as coffee alternatives | 36mg per serving, as published |
Sources: sugar figures from product labels on file (Swiss Miss Milk Chocolate 1.38oz packet 23g · Ghirardelli Double Chocolate 19g · Nestlé Rich Milk Chocolate 12–16g by SKU). Servings differ across brands; figures are per serving as labeled. Mushroom-coffee figures vary by SKU — check each label. Functional & ceremonial cacao column reflects Ora Cacao's published product pages, July 2026; verify against physical labels before publication.
The ritual
Morning
A gentle pick-me-up with your first quiet minutes — warm, unhurried, and a world away from the coffee jolt.
Afternoon
The moment you'd normally reach for a second coffee and pay for it at 11pm. This is the cup that doesn't send the bill.
Evening
With under 10% the caffeine of coffee, LOCOCO belongs to the hours other drinks have given up on. Lights low, day done.
The coffee companion
Plenty of our customers never make a cup of LOCOCO on its own — they stir a spoonful into their coffee in place of cream and sugar. Cocoa, coconut milk, and spice, doing the creamer's job with a much better résumé. If you love your coffee ritual, this is where to start.
What's inside
Every serving is built on organic cacao and coconut milk powder, sweetened with monk fruit and 5g of sugar per serving. Original Spice adds cinnamon, ginger, and cayenne; Lux Vanilla adds vanilla and a pinch of Utah salt.
Then there are the three functional mushrooms in every LOCOCO product — Lion's Mane, Cordyceps, and Maitake. Lion's Mane has been used in traditional East Asian medicine for centuries, and researchers are now investigating why; in a 2023 human trial, participants showed faster processing speed after a single dose, with other measures mixed. We tell you what the science actually shows, because that's the version worth your trust. Together, the blend helps support focus and calm — designed for daily ritual, not a megadose.*
*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
From the people who drink it
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Complete the ritual
For gifting, starting out, or doing the thing properly.
A rechargeable frother, a wooden scoop, and your choice of Original Spice bag. All you add is hot water.
Frother, scoop, and ten single-serve sachets — five of each flavor — for someone still deciding which one is theirs.
A handcrafted ceramic mug by La Chicharra of Oaxaca — the birthplace of drinking chocolate — with frother, scoop, and Original Spice. Not just a gift. A ritual.