Humans started consuming and cultivating cacao 5300 years ago. Migration and commerce spread cacao through Central and Tropical South America, and into the Caribbean. From 1500, European influence carried cacao to tropical areas around the...

Every year in North Queensland there’s a week around the start of August when winter seems to end. The mornings are hot and still, the sun has bite again, the nights are balmy, the winter...

The Ancient Roots of Cacao Cacao has been used for millenia in ceremonies by the indigenous people of Mesoamerica. These peoples have cultivated a close bond with the cacao plant, and weaved it like a...

Dear Soma Family, We write this to you from the foot of a young palm tree on the beach beside Kuburne Village on Karkar Island, off the coast of Papua New Guinea. We’ve come here...

Soma Cacao contains a modest amount of caffeine compared to coffee. Per below, depending on the origin, a serving of Soma Cacao's ceremonial cacao has between 17 mg and 47.5 mg of caffeine—significantly less than the 120–180 mg...

This week we want to explore a trending topic in the world of cacao. We’re aware some of you flirt with other cacao brands, receive their advertising advances, maybe even have a fling  from time...

Greetings, Soma Crew!   It’s mid-January already (and midsummer!) - we have reached that time when the new year ceases to be a resolution, and starts to become a reality.We hope you’ve all settled into...

Last week North Queensland flooded. Cardwell, forty minutes’ drive from Soma HQ, received 1700mm of rain (about three times Melbourne’s annual rainfall) in seven days. Gratefully, Soma is safe. Our team put all the cacao on the top...

Tomorrow we fly out of Mexico, on our way to Australia via a yoga course in Thailand. A large shipment of our beloved Mexican cacao is also on its way, and should be on sale in a...