Keep the cup. Keep the quiet ten minutes.
Pregnancy takes a lot of small things away, and the morning coffee is often one of the first to go. What most people miss is not the caffeine — it is the warm mug, the pause before the day starts, the taste they look forward to. Brewed cacao holds that place: one ingredient, nothing added, dark rather than sweet, and brewed in the machine already on your counter.
Naturally caffeinated: about 20 mg in an 8 oz cup. Take the numbers below to your doctor or midwife.
What stays, and what to check first
Three things worth knowing before you swap the morning cup.
The ritual survives intact
Same press or drip machine, same two scoops, same mug, same ten minutes. It comes out dark and unsweetened, so it holds the place coffee held rather than turning your morning into a sweet drink you did not ask for. Plenty of people take it black; it also takes milk and cream better than coffee does.
A short ingredient list is easier to talk about
The bag says roasted cacao and stops. Nothing dutched, nothing sweetened, no flavouring, no additives to look up at eleven at night. When the question is whether a drink belongs in your day, having one thing to ask about rather than nine is worth something on its own.
It is caffeinated, so count it
Cacao contains caffeine naturally — about 20 mg in an 8 oz cup by our own measurement, against the 200 mg daily ceiling the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists sets for pregnancy. That makes it something to fit into the day rather than a free pass, and the number belongs in the conversation with your clinician alongside everything else you drink.
“I am reducing my caffeine, so Choffy is the perfect cup of hot comfort in the morning or evening. Volta is the best chocolate flavor for my taste buds.”
Carol Keats · verified buyer, on Volta French Roast
If your doctor is comfortable with it
French, Dark, then Medium. Start wherever your coffee habit sat.
French Roast Variety Set Choffy Brewed Cacao
Ecuador, Nigeria and Ivory Coast at the same French roast — the darkest and most coffee-like. Three bags, so you can find the one you actually look forward to.
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Volta Medium Roast Choffy Brewed Cacao
Volta Medium, our softest roast. Rounded and gentle, and still 100% cacao.
Shop thisQuestions people actually ask us
How much caffeine is in a cup?
About 20 mg in 8 fl oz, from our own measurement of 2.4 to 2.6 mg per fluid ounce. On USDA figures an 8 oz cup of coffee is about 96 mg and a 12 oz cup about 145. That figure is ours rather than an independent laboratory's — no brewed cup of Choffy has been assayed. If you are counting milligrams on a doctor's instruction, treat it as an estimate and say so to them.
Does it taste sweet?
It does not. Dark, a little roasty, closest to a strong black coffee. That tends to matter in pregnancy, when a sweet drink two or three times a day becomes its own problem.
Can I still have it with milk or cream?
Yes, and it takes dairy better than coffee does — the fat left in the bean carries it, so a splash turns the cup rounded rather than watery. Steam it in if you want something closer to a latte.
What if I have been told to cut caffeine completely?
Then this is the wrong product and we would rather say so. Roasted chicory, barley and dandelion drinks are genuinely caffeine free and brew much the same way. Come back to us afterwards if you want to.
Is it the same as hot chocolate?
No — hot chocolate is a sweetened mix that dissolves, usually with dairy or milk solids blended in. This is the bean itself, brewed and strained, with nothing added at any point.
What people say about the everyday cup
Google, Amazon and Walmart figures last checked 11 September 2026. The on-site figure updates itself.
“Choffy is the best alternative to coffee. You make it as sweet as you want and put whatever creamer in it. This why we do a recurring order every month.”
“I have never had cacao in 60 years and now I don't think I can live without it.”
“Great taste and aroma. Always look forward to my Choffy in the morning!”
The part of the morning worth keeping
One ingredient, roasted by us, brewed the way you already make coffee. The caffeine figure on this page is our own measurement rather than an independent assay; if that changes, this page gets updated and dated.
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