Meaning
The cacao from which real Jamaican 'chocolate tea' is made — the beans are roasted, ground, and rolled with spice into a hard 'chocolate ball' or stick, then grated and boiled with water, milk, nutmeg, and cinnamon into a rich hot drink. (Note: the taro tuber is spelled 'coco' — a different word; this 'cocoa' is the chocolate.)
Examples
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Grate di cocoa ball fi mek chocolate tea.
Grate the chocolate ball to make chocolate tea.
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Wi grow wi own cocoa a country.
We grow our own cacao in the country.
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Nuttn like fresh cocoa tea a maanin.
Nothing like fresh chocolate tea in the morning.
Origin
From Spanish 'cacao' (from Nahuatl 'cacahuatl'); the homemade 'chocolate ball' is a rural tradition. Distinct from 'coco' (taro). See [[chaklata]], [[coco]].
How it’s used
Cacao for 'chocolate tea', sold as a hard spiced ball/stick. NOT 'coco' the taro tuber. See [[chaklata]], [[coco]].