Crio Soap and Crio Brü

Every afternoon around 2pm, I start to flag. I find it hard to keep my eyes open. Normally, I'll have a brewed coffee, but lately, I've been enjoying a cup of Crio Brü.
This wonderful drink is brewed in my Thermomix and is made from roasted cocoa beans. Nothing added, nothing removed.
Crio Brü has an amazing amount of anti-oxidants and high levels of theobromine, a natural stimulant.

Recently, Crio Brü Australia put out a challenge to customers to come up with a way to use up the leftover grounds. Naturally, I thought of and exfoliating soap. I've recently experimented with a chocolate soap, so used the same formula and design to create Spiced Crio Latte Soap.

I dried the grounds slowly in the oven and then blitzed them lightly in the Thermomix to make them more even in size. They were then incorporated them into the oil and lye mixture along with some cocoa for added colour and scent. I also added zeolite clay as this is also a mild stimulant.
Scented with Brambleberry's Spiced Italian Chocolate, the soap is topped with a creamy 'froth' layer that's sprinkled with cinnamon.

It won't be cured until 9th April, so won't be available for sale on the Skinflint website until then. Meanwhile, enjoy a cup of Brü.