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.

09Aug/16

Dark Chocolate May Help Prevent Some Types Of Cancer

August 9, 2016Factual, Information, Products, TechnologyAnimal, Cancer, Chocolate, Cocoa, Dark Chocolate, Diet, DNA, Health, Hunam, Research, StudiesSephra

Cocoa and dark chocolate contain compounds that may help prevent cancer by many ways, including preventing DNA damage, lowering inflammation, and inhibiting cell proliferation. Experimental evidence shows that cocoa can lower theRead More…

08Jun/16

Sweet New Kit for Raith Girls

June 8, 2016Entertainment, Fun, Information, News, UncategorizedBayside, Competition, Dunfermline, Europe, Football, Girls, Goals, Raith, Sephra, Soccer, Sponsor, Sport, TeamSephra

Raith Rovers Girls U13s are looking sweet for the new season in their new strips, sponsored by Kirkcaldy-based Chocolate Fountain makers Sephra Europe. The team are pictured in their new strips, withRead More…

16May/16

Heat Resistant Chocolate

May 16, 2016Factual, Information, News, Products, TechnologyBars, Beans, Chocolate, Cocoa, Coffee, Cooperative, Flavours, Heat, Organic, TradeSephra

Lome – Organic, fair trade chocolate has proved popular in recent years, especially with ethically minded Western consumers keen to give cocoa farmers around the world a better deal.

10May/16

Theatrical Popcorn Staging Cabinet

May 10, 2016Entertainment, Fun, Information, New Products, Products, TechnologyCabinet, Commercial, Popcorn, Showcase, Staging, Theatre, TheatricalSephra

Make your Popcorn come to life with Sephra’s (Patent Protected) Theatrical Popcorn Staging Cabinet!

04May/16

Smile! Laughter and chocolate are good for your health

May 4, 2016Factual, Fun, Information, News, Products, TechnologyAdrenaline, Benefit, Bliss, Brain, Cacao, Chocolate, Cortisol, Emotion, Flavanoids, Happy, Health, Heart, Hormone, Laughter, Love, Memory, Research, Science, Smile, SugarSephra

Here’s something that’s sure to put a smile on your face: A key to good health just might come in the form of a chocolate chuckle.