Like most fruit, the avocado ripens once plucked from the tree.

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And even longer for avocado farmers - that's because of how those fruit respond to cold temperatures.

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Past creations have included lagers with salt and seaweed, a porter with Mexican ingredients like five different chillis and avocado leaves, and a porter with yuzu, a Japanese citrus fruit.

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The company has a proprietary ProRipeVIP avocado ripening program, which uses an acoustic firmness sensor to measure the firmness of fruit and deliver evenly-ripened avocados.

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One ounce of avocado, equal to about two tablespoons, or a fifth of a medium-size fruit, provides 4.5 grams of fat.

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Warm scones with double Devonshire cream and preserves are accompanied by a beautiful selection of sweets, seasonal fruit and savory dishes such as roasted lamb loin on grilled pita and peekytoe crab salad with avocado and fresh coriander on toasted brioche.

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Corn, sweet potato sprinkled with cinnamon, rice and beans, garlic, avocado, and codfish all get whipped into ice cream, as well as what seems like almost every available seasonal fruit, including quenepa, which only exists on the island.

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