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“Start planting now because we need more cocoa,” is the advice to farmers from Wouter Tjeertes, co-founder of Pure Chocolate Jamaica. “There are more and more chocolate makers coming up. Jamaica has fine flavoured cocoa which . tells you that.
It’s no secret that rum and coffee go hand in hand, cacao and sugar cane are among the crops/produce that define Jamaica’s rich agricultural heritage.
Coincidentally, the flavours of rum and chocolate pair seamlessly; the intense notes of