16Nov/16

Eating Chocolate Makes You Smarter

November 16, 2016Factual, Information, News, ProductsBrain, Chocolate, Clever, Cocoa, Coffee, Cognitive, Consumption, Diet, Eating, Flavanols, Food, Function, Habit, Health, Intellegence, Intelligent, Nutrition, Research, Science, Smart, Smarter, Study, TeaSephra

It’s good news for chocolate fans as a new study suggests that eating chocolate could actually make you smarter. In fact, a group of scientists are actually recommending you eat more ofRead More…

03Nov/16

Raith Rovers Ladies and Girls FC U13’s Match Report

November 3, 2016Entertainment, Factual, Fun, Information, News, UncategorizedDefence, Fife, Football, Game, Girls, Keeper, Ladies, Pitch, Pitreavie, Pride, Raith, Season, Soccer, Spirit, Sponsor, Striker, TeamSephra

Bayside 12’s 2 – 0 Raith Rovers Ladies and Girls FC U13’s

31Oct/16

Chocolate… 5 Scientific Reasons Why It Should Be Savoured

October 31, 2016Factual, Information, News, Products, TechnologyAroma, Brain, Caramel, Chemical, Chocolate, Cocoa, Crystal, Dopamine, Experience, Flavour, Floral, Health, Memory, Olfactory, Savour, Science, Senses, Sensory, Seratonin, Smell, Taste, TemperatureSephra

Chocolate has tempted the world more than any other dessert. Though our first instinct is to quickly indulge in chocolate’s creamy goodness, scientists have discovered that to fully experience chocolate, it shouldRead More…

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…

13Sep/16

Why Chocolate Makes Me Happy

September 13, 2016Factual, Information, News, ProductsBlood, Chocolate, Dark, Diabetes, Disease, Endorphins, Happy, Heart, Hormones, Insulin, Italy, Milk, Polyphenols, Tea, White, WineSephra

Chocolate makes me happy and has become an incredibly popular food product that millions indulge in every day, thanks to its unique, rich, and sweet taste.

07Sep/16

How To Make Tempered Chocolate

September 7, 2016Factual, Information, Products, Recipes and Treats, TechnologyBoiler, Candy, Chocolate, Condensation, Confection, Cool, Cooling, Dark, Degree, Finish, Gloss, Heat, Melt, Melter, Melting, Milk, Paper, Rubber, Silicone, Temper, Tempered, Tempering, Thermometer, Wax, WhiteSephra

Tempering is a way of precisely melting chocolate so that it has that nice, glossy finish that you see on professionally made candies. Tempered chocolate is heated, cooled and then warmed again.

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…

16Aug/16

Dark chocolate — friend or foe?

August 16, 2016Factual, Information, News, Products, TechnologyAntioxidant, Antioxidants, Benefits, Blood, Cakes, Candies, Chocolate, Cholestorol, Cocoa, Dark, Dessert, Flavanoids, Flavanol, Food, Health, Healthy, Milk, Nutrients, Organic, Pressure, WhiteSephra

Chocolate is one of the most indulgent, versatile treats in all of dessert land. Every type of dessert, including cakes and candies, comes in chocolate, including dark, milk or white. But dessertsRead 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.