Pump Street Chocolate

Jamaica Bachelor's Hall Estate 75% dark chocolate

A 75% dark chocolate with a rich and broad flavor profile that starts with sweet ripe fruits and develops into a wonderful honey rum.

Bachelor's Hall Estate has a long history. In the 1960s, the present owner's grandfather, Desmond Jadusing, bought the plantation and grew coconut, banana, cane sugar and a little cocoa. Due to the early death of the grandfather, the plantation was sold to the government of Grenada. The government quickly noticed the fertility of the plantation's soil. They expanded cocoa cultivation and planted Trinitario in addition to the existing Criollo and Forastero.

After the company was sold to an international group that did not want to invest any further, Desmond bought the plantation back in 2002. Desmond had been familiar with the cocoa harvest from childhood and continued to grow cocoa. He sells the cocoa beans to the Jamaican Cocoa Board as soon as they are harvested. When a hurricane almost completely destroyed the plantation in 2004, he realized that he couldn't make a living from growing cocoa alone.

He made the brave decision to ferment and dry the cocoa as well in order to get more money for his cocoa. He familiarized himself with the processes and sent his cocoa beans to the International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) to the international Fine Flavor Committee. Its beans have been classified as Fine Flavor Cacao. He then started selling his cocoa beans directly to his customers without going through the Jamaica Cocoa Board.

The chocolate is packed in a resealable bag . Chocolate is bean-to-bar chocolate in the original sense: the ingredients consist only of cocoa and sugar, nothing else.

The Pump Street Chocolate 75% Bachelor's Hall Estate Saint Thomas Jamaica is one of our favorite chocolates .