Demand for fine or flavor cacao with its exquisite color, taste, and quality is increasing. And instead of exporting these cacao beans (cocoa beans) mostly cultivated in the Caribbean, they are being used by old and new chocolate making companies popping up in the region. Some of these chocolate companies are associated with cacao plantations...
Discover The History Of Chocolate And Its Connection To The Caribbean Region
Globally, chocolate is a billion-dollar industry, and some of the best chocolate comes from the Caribbean. This is because cacao farmers in the Caribbean primarily cultivate Criollo and Trinitario cacao trees that produce cacao pods and beans which eventually become fine cacao or flavor cacao. Fine cacao produced almost exclusively in the Caribbean region is...
Where To Stay In Grenada - 5 Grenada Resorts For Your Next Vacation To The Spice Island Of The Caribbean
Once you’ve decided to vacation in Grenada, the Spice Island of the Caribbean, one of the major decisions is deciding on a hotel. Where to stay in Grenada depends in part on your budget, who will be joining you on the trip and the range of activities you plan to partake on the island. With...
Caribbean & Co. Founder Wins Most Impactful Influencer Award From The Grenada Tourism Authority
LONDON/CARIBBEAN (November 12, 2018) – Caribbean & Co. founder Ursula Petula Barzey has won the 2018 Most Impactful Influencer Award from the Grenada Tourism Authority for her engaging and wide-ranging social media and blog posts as part of the #NextStopGrenada campaign. With her Grenadian content seen by 400K+ people across the Caribbean & Co. blog...
Sample Traditional Grenadian Food Via Savor The Spice Tour
Grenadian food reflects the cultural diversity of the island and so its dishes are heavily influenced by the different cultures that have inhabited the island including the indigenous Caribs, French and British colonists, West Africans slaves whose descendants now make up a majority of the population and Indians who originally came over as indentured labor....
5 Must-Do Chocolate Experiences In Grenada
Grenada is known as the Spice Island Of the Caribbean for its nutmeg and mace production, but with an increasing number of bean-to-bar chocolate makers, the island is on a path to becoming the chocolate capital of the Caribbean and one of the finest chocolate producing countries in the world. Thus for fine flavor cocoa...
The 10 Least Visited Caribbean Islands
We recently published the top 10 most visited Caribbean islands based on data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. On the list were primarily larger Caribbean islands that over the last three decades invested heavily in their tourism infrastructure with increased aviation capacity, new resorts, tour offerings, etc. and now are reaping the benefits. They account...
Top 10 Things To Do In Grenada, The Spice Island of the Caribbean
Grenada, the spice island of the Caribbean is a somewhat hidden gem when it comes to tourism as surprisingly only about 150,000 stay-over tourists visit each year! This figure is sure to go up as Grenada continues to be innovative with its Pure Grenada marketing campaign and has won some awards, most recently the Expedia...
Cost Of Getting A Second Passport from the Caribbean
Citizenship by Investment Programs that cater to high net worth individuals interesting in getting a second passport raise millions if not billions of dollars. And one of my recommendations post-hurricanes Irma and Maria was for the five Caribbean governments that offered a second passport to high net worth individuals via a Citizenship by Investment Program...
Join Me As I Explore The Spice Island Grenada - #NextStopGrenada
After the recent category 5 hurricanes in the Caribbean, it is anticipated that many will shy away from vacationing in the region. This is most unfortunate as 70% of the Caribbean destinations are very much open for business – many were not even impacted by Hurricanes Maria or Irma. Open and welcoming visitors are islands...