It starts with the cacao tree, which is about as far away from a Hershey bar as you can get. It is a small evergreen tree native to the deep tropical regions of South America, ranging from far southern Mexico to the Amazon. You pick a big, green, almond-shaped melon off of this tree and [...]
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Cocoa is the liquid produced from the beans of the Theobroma cacao plant Once it has been processed, this is called cacao liquor. There are various choices to using cocoa, you can add sugar and additional ingredients, for instance adding milk solids make chocolate either dark chocolate [...]
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Chocolate comes from the cocoa plant. For hundreds of years, different cultures have used chocolate for flavoring. In addition to being a favorite food, chocolate has been used throughout history for medical purposes. While the many varieties of chocolate delacacies have continued to change throughout time, the demand for it continues to grow.
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When in doubt, sex it up. Chocolate in various forms had been a fixture of the European diet since it was first imported by Spain from Mexico in the sixteenth century. Consumed at first in liquid form, by the late seventeenth century chocolate was a popular flavoring for cakes and pastry, and soon Switzerland and [...]
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Mrs Gloop: Augustus, dont eat yourself
Augustus: But I taste so good!
Roald Dahl: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Appreciating chocolate
Chocolate can be appreciated in the same way as wine and coffee. There are an increasing number of tasting events that encourage chocolate lovers to refine their appreciation for chocolate.
*A true chocolate lover finds ways to accommodate his [...]
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I know of no one that has eaten chocolate and not just absolutely loved it. There are probably some exceptions, but I am not aware of them. This is especially true of chocolate bars which come in so many varieties these days there is surely something for everyone. When you consider that you can get [...]
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