Hey, guys, you’re back with Liane and Barry, and on another day trip over the weekend, we recently reconnected with a fantastic guy named Tony, who is a good friend, but we somehow lost communication. I was never certain as to the location of his farm, but lo and behold, he was in Cabrera and he was asking around and he said, hey, does anybody here know a guy named Barry a gringo?
So, you know, obviously, in CABRERA somebody raised their hand and. Yeah, yeah, I know. Anyway, to make a long story short, he got our phone number and we connected. So, we went out to visit him outside of San Francisco de Macoris, where over the years he’s developed a cocoa or cacao farm, which they do call the gold crop for obvious reasons. Middle-grade, organic cocoa.
I don’t have to tell you the cost of that, especially in places like Asia and Europe anyway. Acres and acres. The front part is a nice Vivero, a nursery that has all kinds of plants and trees and acres of cocoa all at different stages from the ripening stages to the ready-to-be-picked stages. It was just a great afternoon.
Afterward, we all got together with a couple of other friends, and we had lunch at a really great place in the mountains just outside of San Francisco de Macoris, it was just, all in all, another fantastic day trip. So, I was just floored by this. They call it the million-dollar crop for a reason. Organic cocoa is quite expensive.
Anyway, it was awesome. A great day. And to connect with an old friend again. yeah. We’ll be staying in close contact bye for now, until next time, Barry in DR.
