I didn't set out to create a cacao brand.
I just wanted something I could enjoy every morning.
For years, coffee was my morning ritual, but I started noticing that I still felt tired after.  So I started experimenting.
I tried matcha. I tried cacao.

And somehow, cacao became the one I kept coming back to.
Not because I thought it was going to magically change my life.
I simply loved the ritual of it.

The smell. The rich chocolate taste. The warmth of the cup in my hands. And knowing that I was starting my day with something that was actually made from one simple ingredient: cacao.

And then I started looking into cacao properly.
That's when things got interesting.

THERE IS MUCH MORE TO CACAO THAN CHOCOLATE
Most of us think of chocolate as a treat.
But cacao, in its pure form, is something quite different.
It comes from the cacao bean and naturally contains polyphenols, including flavanols, fibre, protein and minerals such as magnesium, iron, copper and manganese.

And the more I learned, the more I thought:
Why aren't we talking about cacao like this?
Why do we only think of it as something we use to make dessert?
Why not make it part of everyday life?

That became the idea behind May I Cacao.
Not a miracle powder.
Not a complicated wellness product.
Just beautiful cacao that you can genuinely enjoy every day.

SO, WHAT IS CACAO ACTUALLY DOING FOR YOU?
I'm careful about this because I don't believe in making big promises just to sell something.
Cacao isn't medicine.
And I don't want May I to tell you that one cup will fix everything.
What I do want to do is tell you why cacao is so fascinating.
Because it naturally contains nutrients and plant compounds that researchers have been studying for years.

THE PLANT COMPOUNDS
Cacao naturally contains polyphenols, including flavanols such as epicatechin.
These are naturally occurring compounds found in plants, and cocoa flavanols have attracted particular scientific interest because of their relationship with vascular and cardiovascular function.
Research has explored their effects on things such as blood-vessel function and circulation.
The interesting part?
You don't have to take a supplement to enjoy them.
They're naturally part of cacao.

YOUR BRAIN LOVES BLOOD FLOW TOO
One of the things I find most fascinating about cacao is the research around the brain.
Our brains need a healthy blood supply to function properly, and researchers have been investigating whether cocoa flavanols can influence cerebral blood flow and aspects of cognitive performance.
There have been studies looking at attention, memory and other areas of cognitive function.
The research is still developing, so I'm not going to tell you that cacao will make you smarter.
But I think it's pretty exciting that something we associate with chocolate is also being studied in connection with the way our brains function.
And honestly?
That's enough to make me reach for my cacao in the morning.

MAGNESIUM, IRON & OTHER MINERALS
Cacao naturally contains several important minerals.
Magnesium.
Iron.
Copper.
Manganese.
These minerals each have different roles in the body, from normal energy-yielding metabolism and nervous-system function to normal oxygen transport and protection of cells from oxidative stress.
I don't want to turn May I into a list of medical claims.
I simply think it's worth knowing that when you're drinking pure cacao, you're enjoying a food that naturally contains far more than chocolate flavour.

AND THEN THERE'S THE FIBRE...
This surprised me when I first started looking properly at cacao.
Pure cacao powder contains a significant amount of dietary fibre.
And fibre is something most of us could do with paying a little more attention to.
I love that you can add cacao to breakfast, smoothies, oats, energy balls or a drink and make it part of an everyday diet without having to make your food feel like “health food.”
It still tastes like chocolate.
That matters.

WHY I CHOSE THIS CACAO
Once I decided I wanted to create May I Cacao, I knew I couldn't just buy any brown powder and put my name on it.
I wanted to know what I was selling.
Our cacao is made from 100% organic cacao beans from the Dominican Republic, roasted and finely milled into a beautiful natural cacao powder.
Nothing added.
No sugar.
No flavourings.
No unnecessary ingredients.
Just cacao.
It is natural and non-alkalised, which means it hasn't gone through the alkalisation process commonly used to make cocoa powders darker and milder.
The result is a rich, authentic cacao flavour that I absolutely love.
And because I care about the details, I also chose a cacao with a low-cadmium specification.
For me, these things matter.

If I'm going to ask you to put something into your daily cup, I want to feel good about putting it into mine too.