Trinidad and Tobago Fine Cocoa Company

About The Trinidad and Tobago Fine Cocoa Company (TTFCC)

The TTFCC is a pioneering public/private partnership which aims to rehabilitate Trinidad and Tobago’s cocoa industry by improving the quality and yield of bean production and developing value-added products for local, regional and international markets. The Company uses state-of-the-art equipment and facilities to produce high quality chocolates from the processing of cocoa beans yielded directly from the estate. The chocolates, ranging from milk, dark, rum, guava, cashew and scorpion pepper, are distributed internationally by British retailing partner Artisan du Chocolat which has outlets in the UK, Ireland, Saudi Arabia and Japan. Additionally, in October 2017, TTFCC launched its co-branded selection of gourmet chocolates with Harrods Stores, London. The exclusive collection profiles four of the finest Trinitario estates in the Central, South, North and East Trinidad.

Why Trinidad and Tobago

• Trinidad and Tobago is one of just seventeen countries worldwide, according to the International Cocoa Agreement 1993, that produce the highest quality cocoa bean strains, or “fine/flavour" cocoa.
• The cocoa flavor profile is dominated by medium cocoa notes blending into pulsating fruity notes and ancillary floral, nutty, caramel, spicy and licorice flavours.
• Research is conducted by UWI’s Cocoa Research Centre, the custodian of the largest and most diverse cocoa collection in the world, the International Cocoa Genebank.
• 3 consecutive annual victories at the Cocoa of Excellence in Paris have established the country’s reputation for par excellence flavor.
• The country’s location, temperature, rainfall and sunshine hours lend themselves to a thriving cocoa industry.