This is the best tasting cacao I’ve ever tasted!!
Exceptionally delicious
LOCOCO is a rich, delicious cocoa that tastes as good as it feels.
LOCOCO tastes really really good. Period.
When you open the packet you notice the rich color of the powder and the smell of spices breaks through the sweet chocolate.
The depth of spice in this hot chocolate … has enough oomph and personality.
The taste was more sophisticated than a typical processed sugary powder.
A rich, creamy chocolate with a spicy cinnamon kick.
Recognized for taste
Food & Wine
Named a top ‘best’ cocoa for taste
A surprisingly complex, dairy-free hot cocoa.
Bon Appétit
5/5 mouthfeel
Named a top-tasting ‘coffee alternative’.
International Chocolate Salon
Award-winning
Richness, texture and original flavor.
Crafted with chefs
We obsessively craft our recipes with chefs for taste as well as purpose. Every ingredient was chosen for how it tastes, and for something you drink every day.
Cacao from the Dominican Republic
Single-source cacao meets European Dutch‑processed dark cocoa. Ours is grown at Zorzal Cacao del Bosque in Duarte, on organic farms beside a conservation reserve: the world’s first Smithsonian-certified Bird Friendly cocoa farms.
It tastes of bright tropical citrus balanced by chocolate and caramel. It’s real cocoa, not a cocoa-flavored powder.
Ceylon cinnamon, ginger + cayenne
We use Ceylon cinnamon, never cassia — because this is something you drink every day. Ginger for brightness. And cayenne bought inside a heat band, 35,000 to 40,000 Scoville units and no hotter, so the finish is warm, never hot.
Chili in drinking chocolate isn’t a modern twist. It’s the original recipe people fell in love with.
Whole vanilla bean and ancient sea salt
The whole bean, ground so dark it’s nearly black. Not extract, not flavoring. Every vanilla flower is pollinated by hand, and blooms for a single day.
The salt is unrefined, mined from an ancient seabed in Utah. Salt is the unsung hero in every great recipe, calling forth every flavor to deepen. Lux Vanilla carries roughly twice the salt of Original Spice: a chef’s decision, made for taste alone.
Organic coconut milk
It’s why LOCOCO is creamy without a drop of dairy, and why you can blend it with water alone and still enjoy it. It’s the fat that carries spice and turns a thin liquid into something that coats a spoon.
5/5 mouthfeel from Bon Appétit. This ingredient is why.
We didn’t hire a formulator. We worked with a chocolatier.
LOCOCO was blended in partnership with Romie Mangini Fisher, Executive Pastry Chef at a Forbes Five-Star resort, where she previously served as Lead Chocolatier — because a cocoa you drink every day should be made by someone who makes chocolate for a living.
Yes, we have mushrooms. But you can’t taste them.
Here’s why. Our mushroom extracts are highly concentrated (8:1), so it takes very little to get the equivalent of nearly 1 g of functional mushrooms into every cup.
The flavors that lead are dark chocolate and the spices—cinnamon, ginger and cayenne in Original Spice and deep, sweet vanilla in Lux Vanilla.
LOCOCO vs. other cocoas
Popular cocoas start with sugar. Functional cocoas forget the taste. Here’s how we stack up:
| ® | Popular cocoas |
Functional cocoas |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Taste | ★★★★★Rich, spiced, with a touch of sweet |
★★★★★Sweet-led, light on chocolate |
★★★★★Earthy, raw, and unsweetened |
| Sugar / serving | 5g | 16–26gplus corn syrup | 0–3g |
| Vegan + dairy free | Yes | No | Yes |
| Functional ingredients | Cacao · Lion’s Mane · Cordyceps · Maitake | None | Most common: Cacao · Reishi · L-theanine · melatonin |
| Purpose | COMFORT · VITALITY · BALANCE | COMFORT · INDULGENCE | OFTEN DESIGNED FOR SLEEP |
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Find your flavor
Not sure which flavor? Try both with the To‑Go Cocoa Bundle · $39
Questions people actually ask
Which flavor should I start with?
Original Spice if you like dark chocolate with a cinnamon kick. Lux Vanilla if you want velvet chocolate with a dash of salt. The To‑Go Cocoa Bundle has both.
How do I make a cup?
Add 1-2 tablespoons of LOCOCO® cocoa mix to 8 oz of hot water or your favorite milk. Blend with a handheld frother or stir vigorously with a spoon until smooth + foamy.
Are the mushrooms organic and tested?
Yes. All three functional mushrooms are certified organic. Every lot is tested for heavy metals and microbes, and for its active compounds: beta-glucans in Lion’s Mane (at least 15%) and Maitake (at least 8%), and cordycepin in Cordyceps.