Crio Bru Ghana French Roast 10 oz Bag | Natural Healthy Brewed Cacao Drink | Great Substitute to Herbal Tea and Coffee | 99% Caffeine Free Gluten Free Low Calorie Honest Energy Brew And Enjoy Hot or Iced

If you are looking for a coffee substitute, buy this. If you are looking for a hot chocolate drink, look elsewhere. From my understanding, this is made with the shells or outer part of the cocoa bean. They are roasted and then you brew it like coffee. Like coffee, it is bitter, not sweet, and will have the same viscosity of coffee, not cocoa. You will notice a very small about of fat in the brewed drink, my guess is from residual cocoa butter--we are talking trace amount. I blended mine in a coffee grinder, brewed in a french press, mixed after it steeped for 6-8 minutes with a frother, strained at 10 minutes, and then added my creamer and sweetener. To me, it tasted much like coffee with a hint/aftertaste of chocolate. Also, smells really good when it is steeping.

Crio Bru is amazing! You get all the health benefits of cacao without feeling like you’re drinking hot chocolate.

I don't like coffee and I don't like sweet drinks. Luckily this tastes nothing like coffee. It just makes an awfully nice morning beverage, gives you a little boost, and when you put a little stevia and whole milk in it, it is just divine. Makes a nice change from my usual green tea in the a.m. Only reason for four stars is it is quite expensive per cup, so won't be able to enjoy this every day. While the chocolate taste is quite different from, say, Hershey's dark cocoa, adding a little sweetener really brings out the flavor. It's different, but delightfully so. I percolate it in my electric percolator instead of a french press where it has to sit for so long, (according to the instructions), it's barely lukewarm when ready to serve. Percolator uses less product and it's piping hot when ready, and keeps it hot for a second cup!

Love this product. Mix it with my coffee in the morning. Very good!

I've brewed several cups using this ground cacao and find the drink rather weak and not that great. When I opened the bag, I got a very pleasant chocolate aroma, but the resulting brewed drink doesn't have much aroma or flavor. I even doubled the about of cacao in my French press, but that did not make much of a difference. It is more like a mild tea rather than like a more flavorful coffee. I am now adding a scoop to my French press when I brew my coffee to give it a slight hint of chocolate. The product is not what I expected, so I won't be buying it again.

I saw this advertised on Redit and being that I like hot chocolate, thought I'd try it. Brewed using a french press, per the directions on the package. It was weak and slightly bitter. Reminded me of really weak coffee. I tried it again, twice. The first time I used the recommended Bold concentration. Then, I doubled the concentration. Each time I ended up with a bitter unsatisfying drink, even when I added milk. My sense is that something is missing. I threw the rest of the bag in the trash. I'll not be buying this again.

First off, this stuff smells amazing. It is cacao, after all. So, as soon as you open the bag, boom! Chocolate scent in your face! It is more work to brew, than coffee. For my coffee, I just put it and the water in my french press, then stick it in the fridge to cold brew, overnight. From what I have read, some people have cold brewed the cacao, but they had to use more of it. Considering how crazy expensive it already is, I'm not trying to do that. So, I hot brew the cacao, then make a mixture of approximately 40% coffee and 60% cacao. This gives the best of both worlds (coffee and chocolate). You get your caffeine boost (but a lower amount) from the coffee, and the delicious flavor and aroma from the cacao. Plus, doing this stretches my cacao further, effectively making it cost less per cup, while still being amazing.

This tastes so good, you would think it was coffee. Took a little longer to get.

No me gusto solo, le tuve que agregar una cuchadara pequeña de azucar y entonces si tiene buen sabor. Pero el precio si esta demaciado alto. No lo comprare otravez por el precio tan alto. Deberia ser el mismo precio que el café normal para que lo compre.