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OUR COCOA PRODUCTS
Our member companies offer a wide array of cocoa goods ranging from raw ingredients to finished packaged products.
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Each product is made with 100% Trinitario cocoa beans, the heritage, legacy, and namesake of our region.
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO COCOA HISTORY
Trinidad and Tobago, the Birthplace of the world-famous Trinitario cocoa
Author: Frances Bekele
Cocoa Research Centre, The University of the West Indies
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Every chocolate lover should know that Trinidad and Tobago is the birthplace of Trinitario cacao trees that produce Trinitario cocoa beans. Criollo and Trinitario beans are among the select (premium) cocoa beans collectively known as “fine or flavour” cocoa that is used to manufacture fine (dark or gourmet) chocolates and covertures, and commands premium prices on the world market. For those Trinbagonians, who enjoy dark chocolate, and indeed all others, being the ‘cradle’ of Trinitario cacao and cocoa is a very laudable distinction for our twin-island republic.
ABOUT OTC
The Original Trinitario Cocoa and Chocolate (OTC) Not for Profit organization acts as catalyst for sustainable growth of the cocoa industry in the Caribbean, generating foreign exchange and offering diversified employment throughout the value chain, including for women, who already dominate artisan production locally. The OTC comprises of cocoa growers, suppliers, buyers and down-stream processors, with the contributing support of government and regional agricultural research centres. The unique value of this initiative is the production of organic, low-cadmium fine-flavour cocoa with the pedigree of being the home and cradle of Original Trinitario cocoa.
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