Frequently Asked Questions

We do our best to bring you the fairest, lowest prices that we can at all times, and we’re always looking for ways to save you money. As we figure out more efficient methods of operation, you’ll see our prices go down – but we have never and will never raise a price on any product. Yes, you could probably find a way to purchase some our products in bulk for lower rates, if you looked hard enough. We buy in bulk and run thorough quality control inspections, so that you can conveniently order the amount of products you want from a trusted source. We need to mark up the prices as little bit, so that we can give our team fair pay and health care, and so that we can pay our own business permit fees, website hosting, storage fees, etc. If you ever see our price go down on a product you have already purchased from Powdra, please feel free to email us and we’ll give you store credit for the difference, we care about our customers!

We seek out ethical suppliers of cacao that can guarantee 100% organic, single-origin cacao powder. If you’d like to know more about an individual product, please feel free to send us an email.

For Powdra-branded products, we seek out reputable producers to fabricate our original creations, with quality standards that Powdra can stand behind, so that we can proudly offer you the coolest gadgets at the best rates possible.
For other brands, we reach out directly to their offices and negotiate wholesale deals that allow us to offer you their creations at the same prices that you’d find anywhere else – sometimes lower! Also, whenever possible we will automatically delegate the shipping directly to their headquarters, to save you time and money. You may sometimes see your order arrive in two separate shipments – that means we found a way to get you a better price and faster delivery by working directly with the manufacturer.

Hi, I’m the owner. If you’re curious about anything, including my name, please feel free to send me an email using [email protected] – I’m an open book. I would share my name here, but my inbox is already full, and every time I post my name on a website I get more emails trying to sell me advertising. I started Powdra because I love chocolate and I’ve learned a lot about Cacao that I want to share with the world. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, then I moved to California, and I’ve lived here in San Francisco, Oakland and Sacramento for about 25 years. Please reach out if you’d like to know more about me or Powdra as a company.

They’re for storing, tasting, and enjoying your cacao, and a few are decorative.

You might see some products that area associated with intranasal tasting of cacao, and we know it might seem strange at first, just ignore it if it’s not your thing. Intranasal cacao tasting is totally legal and it’s actually pretty mundane. cacao does not give you a “buzz”, it’s not a drug. cacao is a natural food source containing theobromine, a stimulant that some people believe enhances cognitive function and mood. Plus it tastes delicious. A significant section of the world’s cacao fanbase is made up of people who like to taste it intranasally, sometimes alongside foods like a mole taco or a chocolate croissant. It’s like how some fancy chefs will serve experimental dishes on a plate rested atop a pillow of scented air, to stimulate the olfactory glands in your nose as you eat the food.
Please be aware: Doctors discourage the intranasal use of cacao because it can damage delicate nasal passages, and let’s be clear: Powdra does NOT promote intranasal use, we aren’t trying to convert anyone. Some people choose to take the risk – which is legal and it’s their choice – and that’s part of the world of cacao fandom and culture. Powdra does not assume any risk or responsibility for what customers choose to do with the products purchased here. However, we know that intranasal use of cacao is much less dangerous than say MMA fighting, skydiving or plastic surgery, and hey, all those good vitamins and antioxidants must be going somewhere, right? It might feel like part of a 70s movie or something, and that’s a funny joke, but Powdra never supports or condones the use of our products for anything other than enjoying 100% pure organic single-origin cacao.