World Cocoa and Chocolate Day Expo 2024 in Trinidad

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:

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
Lopinot Tourism Association

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:

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

Bitterbean Chocolate

Chocarlat

Jelani Ubi

Sweet Ritual

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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[Chocarlat]

Thank you @TrinbagoVibes for your stellar showcase, in celebration of T&T Cocoa and Chocolate Expo 2024 #togetherwearebetter It was truly a well-organized and dynamic event hosted by Cocoa Research Centre. Your continued support for local, is very much appreciated and indeed your commitment to content delivery that encapsulates the beauty of our country Trinidad & Tobago in the Fine Flavor Profiles of our world-renowed Trintario Cacao and the finest #trinitariochocolate 💯🍫

[indrasinanan]

Wonderful video. Cocoa expo very interesting a variety of different chocolates 🍫 thanks for sharing 👍🏻 💕💯✨️

[patriciabeddoe]

Wonderful cocoa and chocolate expo. I was very impressed with all the various booths..Thanks for taking us on this tour.

[ddookutube]

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.

[RR]

Very educational video. Lots of interesting info. We have the best cocoa in the world.

[nkissoon]

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 ❤

[amarliesimeon]

This is great, idk we had that much chocolate makers in T&T. Lopinot is such a special place. Great one as always.

[michaeldrechfachs]

Recently discovered your channel, keep up the good work!
Getting the word out on T&T cocoa✌

[tyronepereira-khan]

This was a really good video, thank you Rajeev. Very interesting and informative 🙂

[nopepper]

When tasting to avoid the extreme changes in the flavour impacting you, start at the highest percentage and then work your way down to the lower percentages - it's the best way to enjoy especially if you are not used to dark chocolate.

[nopepper]

Not an unfamiliar design -lot of local chocolatiers use this design in their chocolate bars.
It is the World Cocoa and Chocolate Day Expo! Look out for it in 2025, closer to October 1st. Thanks for visiting!

[michaeljordan]

If I'm not mistaken but didn't trinidad produced the best cocoa in the world

[gloriasponner]

TRINIDAD HAD GREAT COCOA. WHAT HAPPENED. THE WORLD LOVES COCOA. TRINIDAD. BIG UP THE PLANTATION

[freshkidsteven]

love video question where did you buy the microphone

[paul-lqnw]

I understand Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Ecuador has the best coco in world

[lennyk]

you plan to do any local xmas food item review/comparisons?

[kareemseepersad]

Have coco for sale looking for a buyer

[jonmahabir]

These events are so cool yet so under marketed. Imagine if we pushed this out there we would actually bring in forex... Sigh