NATURE’S COOLERS’ HISTORY

Current owner, Charles O’Brady, and close friend, David Ewing-Chow, founded nature’s Coolers in 2001. The idea came about from a love of Peanut Punch by both men. Peanut Punch is a beverage manufactured by most Trinidad and Tobagonians in their homes, but is also done on a large scale for export to most of the Caribbean and the US. When Mr. O’Brady migrated to Brooklyn in 1976, he was not at an age where he could have driven to the local Trinbagonian restaurants, so he started making it himself. There, was planted the seed that germinated to Nature’s Coolers.

Mr. O’Brady migrated to Lauderhill Florida, with his family in 1988, to escape the brutal cold he experienced in Brooklyn, NY. He had been teaching math for the past three years, after completing his Bachelors in Mathematics at Long Island University. It was at this institution, where he played on the soccer team, and was a member of the vibrant Caribbean Students Movement, he began getting accolades for the same Peanut Punch. These positive feedbacks inspired him to start making the beverage for one of his high school (Brooklyn Tech) classmates, who had recently acquired an ice-cream store in Lauderhill Mall. This, however, had to be done on a part-time basis, while he taught full-time, tutored, coached the school’s soccer teams, and did a little evening school teaching. It was in his teaching and coaching capacity, that he met Mr. Ewing-Chow. One of Mr. Ewing-Chow’s daughters was in the math class, and the other on the girl’s soccer team. Mr. Ewing-Chow was introduced to the now known Peanut Punch. Immediately a friendship was grown, and the foundation for starting a corporation was set.

At this time, Nature’s Coolers is now run by Mr. O’Brady, Fred Williams, a close friend and parent of a former tutee, and Glenn O’Brady, a brother of Charles. Mr. Ewing-Chow is no longer in the corporation, but has input in the operation. The company is now producing about 25 different beverages, offers some dishes, mainly vegetarian, and some items for overall well-being. Our mission is to provide products to improve one’s mind, body and soul. As the name of the corporation suggests, we would like people to try and be harmonious, the name of the corporation is Tri-Harmony, and the way we would like to achieve this, is to have people do it NATURALLY.