Meaning
Hot cocoa made the traditional Jamaican way — grated or grated-and-boiled from a hard ball of local roasted cocoa ('chocolate'), simmered with water, spiced with nutmeg and cinnamon, and finished with milk and sugar, leaving a rich film of cocoa fat on top. A cherished country breakfast drink, chocolate tea is thicker, spicier, and more chocolatey than shop cocoa. In Jamaica 'tea' means any hot morning drink, so this is 'tea' too.
Examples
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Grate di cocoa ball fi mek chocolate tea.
Grate the cocoa ball to make chocolate tea.
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Chocolate tea wid a piece a hard dough bread.
Chocolate tea with a piece of hard dough bread.
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Country chocolate tea rich an spicy.
Country chocolate tea is rich and spicy.
Origin
From 'chocolate' (local roasted cocoa) + 'tea' (any hot brew); traditional spiced cocoa. See [[cocoa-walk]], [[bush-tea]].
How it’s used
Traditional spiced cocoa from local cocoa balls; a breakfast drink. See [[cocoa-walk]], [[ginger-tea]].