16Jul/18

The future is Robots powered by Popcorn

July 16, 2018Culture, Experiment, Factual, Fun, Information, Products, Science, TechnologyExperiment, Future, Laser, Popcorn, Robot, Robotics, Robots, ScienceSephra

If you want to build a bipedal Robot than can do backflips, you’re probably going to need traditional motors and batteries, but that’s not where Robots begin and end.

10Jul/17

Why eating popcorn in company is better than eating alone

July 10, 2017Culture, Factual, Information, NewsEating, Flavour, Food, Mirror, Popcorn, Reflection, Science, Student, Study, Taste, UniversitySephra

  Are you tired of eating alone? Why not try dining with your mirror image? Your food will taste better, according to a recent cognitive science study.

03Feb/17

Cocoa: When Chocolate Meets Science

February 3, 2017Culture, Factual, Information, News, Products, TechnologyAroma, Beans, Chocolate, Chocolatier, Cocoa, Criollo, Forastero, India, Ingredients, Melting, Roasting, Science, Shelling, South America, TrinitarioSephra

Ranjani Rajendra roasts, shells and tempers a handful of locally-grown cocoa beans to tell the story of a single-origin bar.

16Sep/16

Sir Hans Sloane – More Than Just The Chocolate Man

September 16, 2016Culture, Factual, Information, TechnologyBeverage, Blackwood, Botanist, British, Chelsea, Chocolate, Cocoa, Collection, College, Costume, Drinking, Duke, Egypt, Europe, Hincks, Inoculation, Ireland, Jamaica, Killyleagh, Liquid, London, Medicine, Middle East, Milk, Museum, Nelson, Newton, Physician, President, Quinine, Recipe, Royal, Science, Sloane, Society, Study, Sugar, Syria, TrafalgarSephra

Jenny Lee takes a bite of Killyleagh history during a walking tour of the Co Down village, birthplace of scientist and collector Sir Hans Sloane, who is credited with bringing the recipeRead More…

23Aug/16

The science of chocolate: What makes us like it so much?

August 23, 2016Culture, Factual, Information, NewsAnandamide, Art, Brain, Caffeine, Chocolate, Cocoa, Craving, Guilty, Happy, History, Marijuana, Mayan, Mexico, Milk, Pleasure, Sanskrit, Science, Serotonin, Stimulant, SugarSephra

Does chocolate make you happy? There’s science behind why that might be.

17Aug/16

Chocolate and History

August 17, 2016Culture, Factual, Information, NewsBatangas, Beverage, Bohol, Cacao, Cashew, Chocolate, Cocoa, Dumaguete, Gardens, History, Islands, Medicinal, Mexico, Nut, Orchards, Pampanga, Peanut, Philippines, Portuguese, Queen, Rice, Spanish, Trade, Trees, West IndiesSephra

While enjoying a cup of hot native chocolate with some off-season puto bumbong during the rainy weekend, I remembered that hot chocolate in our home used to be made from cacao beansRead More…

12Aug/16

A Chocolate Odyssey

August 12, 2016Culture, Factual, Information, ProductsAmerica, Bean, Choclatier, Chocolate, Cocoa, Columbus, Dalai Lama, Guatemala, Journey, Mayan, Mexico, Pods, TravelSephra

Akhil Sharma travels to Mexico and Guatemala in search of the past, and future, of chocolate.

05Apr/16

How to be a Chocolate Snob!

April 5, 2016Culture, Entertainment, Information, News, ProductsAds, Bean, Brands, Cacao, Chilli, Chocolat, Chocolate, Cocoa, Coconut, Coffee, Commercial, Consumer, Couverture, Craving, Flavour, Food, Gourmet, Health, London, Medical, Milk, Promos, School, Snob, Soil, Sugar, Sweet, Tasting, Tea, Therapy, Weather, WineSephra

Chocolate is the new wine and coffee, but you’ll need a masterclass to figure out flavour notes and pinpoint the provenance of the bean.

31Aug/15

Edible Cinema is a Treat for the Tastebuds, Eyes, and Ears

August 31, 2015Art, Culture, Entertainment, Fun, Information, VideosCinema, Edible Cinema, Entertainment, Movies, Popcorn, Senses, TastebudsSephra

The next immersive installment in Edible Cinema’s series of sensory adventures will feature a unique menu corresponding to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

31Aug/15

Cover yourself in Chocolate and Dance in the Street

August 31, 2015Culture, Fun, InformationBelgian Chocolate, Carnival, Celebration, Chocolate, Dirty Mas, Edison Braithwaite, London, Notting Hill, Pure LimeSephra

This Guy Gets Londoners to Cover Themselves in Chocolate and Dance in the Street Notting Hill in West London isn’t just famous for the floppy haired Hugh Grant classic. Once a year,Read More…