Workshops| Events: 11/22/25 Cacao Pop Up with Cacao de Luca.

Saturday 11/22/2025 11am-2pm 

Warm up with the season’s most comforting flavors at this special cacao pop-up, featuring a local artisan chocolatier Cacao de Luca. Indulge in rich, velvety sipping chocolate crafted from ethically sourced cacao and infused with a cozy pumpkin spice blend. Each cup is hand-prepared to order, inviting you to slow down and savor autumn’s sweetness. Available for purchase by the cup or packs to take home—perfect for treating yourself or sharing the experience with a friend.

About the Maker:

Ryan DeLuca is a local chocolate artisan and deeply passionate about the health benefits of cacao. He believes cacao is medicine for our mind, body and soul, and provides education about how to intentionally use cacao to improve your wellbeing. He’s honored to be purchasing cacao beans from Atucún Chocolatería, a chocolate company based out of Comayagua, Honduras. Atucún is sourcing their cacao beans directly from farmers and producers throughout various regions of Honduras, and the cacao trees are grown sustainably in polyculture. Ryan then roasts and refines the beans into cacao in Grand Rapids. He currently sells bags of pure cacao for sipping chocolate, and is working on a menu of various cacao flavored beverages, in addition to other chocolate products!

Ryan also works as a somatic therapist and holistic life coach. In addition, he is a Lead Practitioner at the Vitalist Institute of Psychospiritual Transformation in Grand Rapids, where he facilitates group embodiment classes and assists at Vitalist School. He incorporates cacao into many of his group workshops as a tool to take clients deeper into the experience. He’s passionate about how our thoughts and emotions impact our physical health, healing generational trauma, the science of spirituality, and the heart-brain connection. He believes we all have the capacity to heal ourselves, and that starts by regulating our nervous system, developing awareness and tools for how our body responds to stress, and learning the language of our intuition.

Pop up will take place at Gathered Botanicals Storefront

781 College Ave NE

Grand Rapids, MI 49503