Australia is known and revered for the bounty of fresh produce, meat, plant extracts, nuts, and more that it produces. Land lovingly tendered by hardworking farmers, dirt on their hands, mud on their boots and the salt of the earth in their spirits. With our wide-open spaces, clean air, fresh waterways and have a go attitude, we get to enjoy the world’s best.
ETTO Australia Tea Tree Farm, New South WalesÂ
Our farms are the root of our brand. The trusted source of our potent and powerful medicinal oils. The thing that sets us apart from other skin and bodycare brands – growing our own ingredients and having control over the purity of our key ingredients.
The Tea Tree and Blue Mallee Eucalyptus grown on ETTO’s farms in NSW and Western Australia respectively, is another example of the best of the best coming from the pristine environment we are lucky to call home. We grow the highest-grade plants, propagated and nurtured particularly for their super high oil content on land that bumps up to conservation national park, operates in symbiosis with the native fauna and is fortified by recyclable wind turbines, sustainable water sources and complete off-grid power.
Knowing how important this is for us and for our loyal customers dedicated to living a cleaner and more intentional life, we are always stoked to come across a fellow Aussie brand with similar ethos and to share them with our community. Soma Cacao, started by Rose and Alastair in Queensland are passionate about pure single origin ceremonial cacao and work directly with Farmer John Goodman sourcing his organic Daintree cacao.
John Goodman on his Organic Daintree Cacao Farm
Ceremonial cacao is a luxurious beverage made from the fermented and lightly roasted beans of the cacao tree. This is like the purest form of chocolate and has some amazing therapeutic and health benefits. It has been traditionally used for centuries in Mexican and Peruvian cultures. Cacao is one of the most chemically complex foods on the planet, with over 300 nutrients and compounds. One of its most prominent components is theobromine which provides a gentle and long-lasting energy stimulant making it a great alternative to coffee and for those looking for sustained energy rather than a short spike. Cacao is mood boosting, helps improve focus, flavonoids assist with brain function and heart health, it promotes relaxation and stress reduction by reducing cortisol and can help with mental clarity. Â
Soma Ceremonial Cacao is your chocolate hit without the additives, sugars and processed junk. It is the true, traditional way to consume cacao.
While most cacao is imported, it’s exciting to also have the option of an Australian grown cacao and support Australian farmers. Soma Cacao work directly with John who lives on his cacao farm in the Daintree, Queensland.
John planted all his trees personally creating an orchard that he looks out to from his kitchen window. At the foot of mountains in a rainforest paradise, John tends to his trees with fertile soil, abundant rain and zero pesticides and herbicides.
The cacao pods are a kaleidoscope of colour ranging from purple, golden, orange and red.
Soma Cacao co-founder Rose with cacao pods on the Daintree Farm
The beans are also fermented and dried by John on his property, right next to the trees.
In a sweet collaboration celebrating Australian grown and Australian Farmers, we have teamed up with Soma Cacao to give away a special prize pack including a 1kg bag of Daintree Cacao, Cacao tea and ETTO’s pure Tea Tree and Blue Mallee Oils valued at $470.75.
Complete Prize Pack:
- 1kg Daintree Ceremonial Cacao ($134.95),Â
- Daintree Cacao Tea Cylinder ($24.95),Â
- 1 Wooden Cacao Scoop ($19.95)Â
- 1 Brass Teapot Infuser ($19.95)Â
- Soma Mini Mixer ($34.95).
- 1 Etto Blue Mallee Eucalyptus Oil ($49)
- 1 Etto Tea Tree oil ($58)
- 1 Etto Pure Oil Skin Spray ($40)
- 1 Etto Tea Tree Clay Mask ($49)
- 1 Etto Skin balm ($40)
To enter, all you need to do is follow ETTO and Soma Cacao on Instagram and tag a friend in the comments on this post. Â