The Cocoa research Center at the university of the West Indies, St. Augustine campus does tremendous works in the rehabilitation and conservation of the cocoa industry here in Trinidad and Tobago and for over 10 years they have been putting on this Chocolate day expo, which is free and open to the public,
So in this one we check out a few chocolatiers and of course drink a lil cocoa tea, so join us my Trinbago vibes peeps as we explore our local cocoa and chocolate industry right here at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Cooperation in Mt. Hope
Check out the Cocoa Research Center here:
https://sta.uwi.edu/cru/
http://crc.edu.tt/sta.uwi.edu/cru/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/cocoacentre
Check out part 2 of the Cocoa Research Center works here:
Coming soon
Also check out Lopinot Parang back in 2023 here
and speaking of Lopinot:
Cafe Mariposa
https://www.facebook.com/cafemariposagardens
Lopinot Tourism Association
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558147923821
and don’t forget to check out the awesome peeps that is keeping our cocoa industry alive, also if you wanna order some chocolate from any of them shown in this one:
https://www.facebook.com/cocoadevelopmentcompanytt
Rio Claro Women in Cocoa:
Sanecharrie
1(868)362-7102
Zuri’s Fine Cocoa
1(868)359-7070
Rio Cocoa
1(868)783-5697
Healthful Acres
1(868)386-7476
Kairi Chocolate
https://www.facebook.com/blossomtobar
Bitterbean Chocolate
https://www.facebook.com/bitterbeanchocolates
Chocarlat
https://www.facebook.com/Chocarlat
Jelani Ubi
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100068451228325
Sweet Ritual
https://www.facebook.com/nichehanmadeproducts
Chapters
0:59 CRC Cocoa Tea and Chocolate
3:01 About the Chocolate Day Expo
4:22 Cafe Mariposa and some Parang
7:15 ToryVen Chocolate sample and cocoa fruit
10:18 History of Cocoa in Lopinot
13:05 More info on Lopinot
14:42 Rio Claro Women in Cocoa
16:00 Orange Dark Chocolate and Rio Fusion
17:46 Kairi Chocolate
19:20 Bitter Bean Chocolate
20:14 San Juan Estate and more Cocoa Tea
21:35 The 2 types of Cocoa Diseases in Trinidad
22:58 Chocarlat
26:38 Cocoa seasoning from Jelani Ubi
27:19 Products from Cocoa Butter
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15 Comments
Wonderful video. Cocoa expo very interesting a variety of different chocolates 🍫 thanks for sharing 👍🏻 💕💯✨️
Nice video Raj.
love video question where did you buy the microphone
Wonderful cocoa and chocolate expo. I was very impressed with all the various booths..Thanks for taking us on this tour.
I understand Trinidad and Tobago ,Venezuela, Ecuador has the best coco in world
Very educational video. Lots of interesting info. We have the best cocoa in the world.
TRINIDAD HAD GREAT COCOA. WHAT HAPPENED. THE WORLD LOVES COCOA. TRINIDAD. BIG UP THE PLANTATION
Oh monster watching yuh vids man. Great stuff. You is a man real like yuh coco 😅😅😅😂. Say what , I just joking eh ugly man. I love all yuh vids . Keep up the good. We go link a day . Take your time and keep the great videos coming .
This is great, idk we had that much chocolate makers in T&T. Lopinot is such a special place. Great one as always.
This was a really good video, thank you Rajeev. Very interesting and informative 🙂
My daughter discovered your channel and we've been watching you on TV, we enjoy every video especially love how informative your videos are and never knew about all these festivals until I saw your channel ❤
Recently discovered your channel, keep up the good work!
Getting the word out on T&T cocoa✌
Bro! 100% with this one. Trinitario chocolate is the best in the world. We should be flooding our groceries with these products rather than the current imports on the shelves.
you plan to do any local xmas food item review/comparisons?
Cocoa tea is delicious and a must get