#cocoa-production

#cocoa-production

The seven-year-old cacao tree ( Theobroma cacao) that I'm inspecting in this photo is part of the Model Cocoa Orchard established by the University of the West Indies' Cocoa Research Centre (CRC), where I work as a food-technology reearcher. My colleagues and I use this 1,500-tree orchard in Valsayn, a town in the north of the island of Trinidad, to better understand cocoa production.

When it was first introduced to the market, it cost just a penny. But Ms Wadin, 74, said her dad was disgusted with how small it is now and how much they charge for it, adding: "He'd roll over in his grave if he could see it now; he'd be disgusted. It was a penny chocolate."