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Cacao, coffee and l-theanine
#23665633 - 09/21/16 04:35 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Cacao (raw) is low on caffeine so adding some coffee really adds to Cacaos experience. Unique sense of well-being, energetic euphoria, motivation, focus, significantly enhanced visual acuity. I lower Cacaos and coffees dose when I combine them as they both contain other alkaloids in noticeable amounts, such as theobromine.
Try it
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: daz01]
#23665636 - 09/21/16 04:36 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Comparable to Kratom in any way?
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I love cacao but getting enough down to feel high is hard. I have no problem toss and washing kratom but raw cacao is bad.
I thought it didnt contain any caffeine though only theorbromine.
There are quite a few actives in cacao including phenethylamine.
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: BANANA.MAN]
#23665821 - 09/21/16 05:44 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Jokeshopbeard said: Comparable to Kratom in any way?
I can't compare it to Kratom. Cacao and this combination is unique. Whereas Kratom feels like a high, cacao feels natural. Like exercising vigorously and you just feel great, but clear minded and happy which makes sense as exercise also involves phenethylamine and anandamide (among many other neurotransmitters)
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BANANA.MAN said: I love cacao but getting enough down to feel high is hard. I have no problem toss and washing kratom but raw cacao is bad.
I thought it didnt contain any caffeine though only theorbromine.
There are quite a few actives in cacao including phenethylamine.
I just treat the cacao how people treat the processed, sugar cocoa drinks. Mix the cacao with hot/boiling water. I don't add sugar, it's counter productive to the health benefits. I have fell in love with the taste, the bitterness does not bother me.
I've heard conflicting reports on its caffeine content. Some have stated it has no caffeine at all, while others say it contains some caffeine, just nothing compared to coffee. Cocoa, The Health Miracle
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As I have previously mentioned, cocoa is a veritable cornucopia of naturally-occurring compounds. Of this multitude, the most comprehensively studied are the methylxanthines. The two methylxanthines in chocolate are caffeine and theobromine. Compared with coffee, cocoa is a poor caffeine source.
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: daz01]
#23665840 - 09/21/16 05:51 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I grind cacao beans in a coffee grinder and add instant coffee, sugar and Hershey's cocoa powder. Makes it easy to down in a liquid, and three or four tablespoons gets me going pretty strong.
I have a little canister full off the premixed powder.
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: PatrickKn]
#23667521 - 09/22/16 09:31 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Yeah cacao is great. I love tossing it in smoothies.
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: daz01]
#23667537 - 09/22/16 09:39 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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You should drink tea, tea has l-theanine in it.
I have some raw cacao, it's really small chunks, and I will put it in smoothie with Greek yogurt, hemp seeds, and protein powder, really good. Or if I make oatmeal, I will throw 1 tbs raw cacao in the pot with a whole banana, goes well together, and the heating up makes the chocolate not so hard.
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: Lucis]
#23667540 - 09/22/16 09:41 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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if i eat any decent amount of raw cacao i tweak the fuck out all day long
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: thelanzii]
#23667551 - 09/22/16 09:48 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Hmmm I never knew about this, interesting !
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: Lucis]
#23667603 - 09/22/16 10:17 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fennario said: You should drink tea, tea has l-theanine in it.
I have some raw cacao, it's really small chunks, and I will put it in smoothie with Greek yogurt, hemp seeds, and protein powder, really good. Or if I make oatmeal, I will throw 1 tbs raw cacao in the pot with a whole banana, goes well together, and the heating up makes the chocolate not so hard.
Hmm, cacao tea? I wonder if thwre are any strains of tea that pump out a lot of L-theanine, that'd be a potentially good combo, maybe added erythroxylum leaves in other countries as well?
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: 404]
#23667665 - 09/22/16 10:52 AM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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I want to try kratom with cacao. It sounds like a natural speedball minus the needle. Im running low on cacao though.
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: Lucis]
#23668840 - 09/22/16 05:41 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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Fennario said: You should drink tea, tea has l-theanine in it.
I have some raw cacao, it's really small chunks, and I will put it in smoothie with Greek yogurt, hemp seeds, and protein powder, really good. Or if I make oatmeal, I will throw 1 tbs raw cacao in the pot with a whole banana, goes well together, and the heating up makes the chocolate not so hard.
I usually drink Yerba Mate as I thought that had l-theanine but after a quick Google search, perhaps it does not I need to order more mate so perhaps I'll order some green tea and cycle between them.
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Re: Cacao, coffee and l-theanine [Re: BANANA.MAN]
#23668847 - 09/22/16 05:45 PM (7 years, 4 months ago) |
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BANANA.MAN said: I want to try kratom with cacao. It sounds like a natural speedball minus the needle. Im running low on cacao though.
I mean kratom and coffee is pretty dope. I can't really think of two drugs that go together better than that. The thing about a good speedball, is you have to nearly kill yourself to get one that is satisfying, and when you consider that it isn't really that satisfying.
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I know kratom and coffee go together like shrooms and nitrous. They are a perfect combo. I always make sure i have coffee made before i take kratom. But cacao is acctually euphoric aswell as stimulating unlike caffeine which is just stimulating for me mostly.
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