Crio BruBrewed Cacao Double Chocolate Light Roast - Coffee Alternative Natural Healthy Drink | 100% Pure Ground Cacao Beans | 99.99% Caffeine Free, Keto, Low Carb, Paleo, Brew And Enjoy Hot or Iced (3 Pound (Pack of 1))

My doctor told me to stop drinking coffee. It's not easy to find an alternative, but this is a great option! It tastes better than I expected and gives me really good energy. I'll definitely be buying more!

This is so good in a non-sweetened chocolate way. It has a similar bitterness level as coffee, so I like mine with a splash of half and half. Seriously, this is really good. I wanted a change from decaf coffee and teas, and finally gave this a try. I use 2.5 tablespoons to 8+ oz. of water in my Hamilton Beach single serve coffee maker with a metal mesh filter. While brewing it smells a bit like I’m baking a chocolate cake, and the leftover grounds smell amazing. Just keep pets away from them as the grounds are toxic to dogs and cats.

I like this brand, and in fact had ordered quite a bit for Christmas gifts in the past. I really liked the holiday Peppermint and the Strawberry, which were seasonal and not available on Amazon.This Double Chocolate was my favorite of all of the ones I ordered direct. But something has changed in tus one O ordered at Amazon, or maybe my taste buds have gone weird. LOL. But it just isn’t as exceptional. I was willing to have a splurge and get it on Subscribe. But neither this dark chocolate or the other one I ordered about a month ago, are living up to the bang-for-buck.I am going to try it again direct from the company when the holiday special prices and flavors are released. They offer good deals that I recall, and I think I will stock up that way with more choices.

It finally grew on me. I found it I use along with my coffee I love it.

I enjoy it but it's bitter and expensive

This is going to be quite long. I thought I already wrote a review, but I guess I didn't. I bought this back in late 2022, just after I decided which flavor I liked from the sample kit. I have really bad ADHD, and it was advertised as brain boosting. I was desperate, so I bought the sample.I did quite a bit of research before my purchase, so knew going in that it wasn't going to taste like hot chocolate and that most people find the flavor disappointing: like overly water chocolate. And they were right. I found a way to make it taste better (which I will get to), but it was so high effort, that I didn't have the mental energy for it. However, I recently picked it back up, and have been drinking it every day.How I made it taste great:1. substitute all water for milk. I use whole milk, and if I'm feeling fancy, I'll do 75% whole milk/25% heavy cream. 2. I add in a small spoon full of sugar, because I like it a tad sweeter. 3. It says 2 Tbsp per what...8 oz? For a single cup I do 2.5 - 3 Tbsp. 4. I also add in a bit of cinnamon.I also ignore the instructions. I put everything into whatever container I'm using to heat, and heat it to the temp I want. I either use stove top or the instapot magic milk frother (without frothing on). Once it's done, I let it sit for a few minutes before straining it.Straining: I double strain because just using the french press is a pain, due to the grounds being so fine and clogging up the mesh. So I first strain it through either a separate mesh sieve or cheese cloth into the french press, THEN I filter it through the french press into my cup. Makes cleanup a lot easier too.I come out with a clean and easily poured cup of what now taste like dark chocolate hot chocolate. It's not completely low effort, but it takes me about 10 minutes including cleanup, and then I get to sit with my very flavorful drink.As far as brain benefits, I never drank coffee, so I cannot compare it, but I do feel my brain is a little more focused and calm on the days I drink it. I've also been adding in other brain foods and high cholesterol into my diet, so I cannot say that the drink works alone if you have wild ADHD, but it definitely has been helping, and I will be buying again once I run out.

I love the Double Chocolate cacao brewed in my French press. What a difference from coffee! I love it.

Latest. The problem. This product might be more successful IF the cacao was pelletized to a uniform size and shape like coffee. Mixing smallish pieces with powder makes real brewing impossible. Once wet, cacao absorbs a lot of water (high water holding capacity).Other uses? This might work in cake and muffin batter./////////Original viewIt appears to be chopped up cacao. I tried it twice in a French press and learned I got around 5 oz of drink using 16 oz of water. The cacao absorbs way too much water to be useful or worth the trouble. Of course they tell users on the bag not to use paper filters. I found that pouring it through a typical sieve It merely clogged up the sieve.The claims on the back seem rather unsubstantiated. Okay, it has flavonoids but there's no assessment of how much flavonoid. It's zero sugar which makes sense or very low sugar. It contains theobromine. I didn't get much kick from it. It says that it's loaded with natural mood enhancers. So there's no assessment of how many enhancers for the mood you get. And the last one on the back of the bag is magnesium for bone brain and heart health. They listed ingredients say absolutely nothing about how much magnesium it has. There's a single comment about 2 mg 20 mg etc etc. maybe it is nanograms?I have no idea what I'm going to do with the rest of the bag. It might be possible to put it in my grinder and make it super super fine like Hershey's powdered chocolate and see where that takes me.The impression I get from the description on the bag and the description on Amazon is that this was going to act something like coffee grounds. This is nowhere near or even close to being coffee grounds. You get a small amount to actually drink and a larger portion of it that is made up of soggy cacao fines.

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After a friend shared some with me, I knew I wanted to have some of my own. This is a bitter chocolate brew -- don't expect hot cocoa, and I wouldn't suggest trying to make mocha with it. This is a hot beverage that satisfies the same taste buds that coffee and/or black tea do. The smell is amazing, and for me the flavor is truly satisfying. I'm a tea drinker who has never owned a coffee maker, but I bought one for this. It is easy to brew and can be left sitting for on the warming plate for quite a while without a noticeable change.

with a touch of honey added makes for a great breakfast drink A perfect replacement for coffee has a light chocolate taste

I won't buy this product again tried to brew, tried drip method ,tried in my moka Expresso,not much difference,not a good taste ,waste of money.

Love the chocolatey taste...it's delicious!!