I wanted to share my thoughts with @Bitcoin Beans and the rest of the world on my household's chocolate powder purchasing decisions. All dollar prices here are in USD.
We pay $5.60/lb for 100% cocoa powder and have no idea about the heavy metal content.
The brand that got good marks with their chocolate bars in terms of heavy metals is Ghirardelli, and their cocoa powder goes for $10.59/lb on sale ($14.12/lb for people who pay regular price). We don't actually know the heavy metal levels on this product, but we're making an educated guess that they use their own cocoa powder to make their chocolate bars.
So that's what you're up against. Sell for under $5.60/lb and dominate the market. Price it over $14.12/lb and see if it sells.
Personally, we ain't rich, and we consume far more cocoa than average. That's why we get the cheap stuff. But if you can do like 10 lbs shipped to the USA for 100K sats, I'll commit to it right now (as long as this year's heavy metal tests look good).
What I'm saying here is that I'm willing to double my costs in order to directly support a small farmer who actually tests their crops. 🤙
When it gets bigger, I plan on drying the leaves and grinding them into a powder.
Ghee is super easy to make: simmer butter in a pot on the stove, strain out the solids. That's it. There's literally one ingredient.
Like, who buys this? Obviously it's people who know how to cook, since that's the only reason to have ghee in the first place.
This is absolutely perplexing.