21Feb/17

The Rise of the Chocolate Snob

February 21, 2017Factual, Information, News, ProductsBean, Cacao, Chocolate, Chocolatier, Coffee, Criollo, Flavour, Forastero, Origin, Rise, Snob, Snobbery, Taste, Trinitario, Vanilla, WineSephra

First it was wine lovers, then the Aeropress-wielding coffee fans. Ahead of the Valentine’s chocolate feast, our reporter discovers a new breed of devotees.

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.

19Dec/16

Chocolate… 9 Healthy Reasons Why You Need To Eat More Daily

December 19, 2016Factual, Information, News, Products, TechnologyAcid, Adrenal, Aging, Benefit, Caffeine, Cardiovascular, Chocolate, Cholestorol, Cocoa, Cortisol, Dark, Diabetes, Energy, Epicatechin, Epinephrine, Flavanols, Gland, Health, Hormone, Medicine, Metabolism, Mitochondria, Oxidative, Placebo, Plasma, Polyphenols, Research, Science, Stress, Stroke, Sugar, Swiss, Test, WeightSephra

Chocolate. It’s one of life’s great comfort foods. Bite into a bar of chocolate and a taste sensation overruns your senses. It helps to get you through troubled times and balance outRead More…

21Nov/16

Listening to different sounds or music while eating chocolate can change its flavour

November 21, 2016Entertainment, Factual, Fun, Information, Products, TechnologyAudio, Bitter, Cadbury, Chocolate, Eating, Experience, Flavour, Flute, Harmonic, Listen, Listening, Music, Musician, Note, Science, Sound, Staccato, Taste, ViolinSephra

Researchers claim chocoholics will be able to increase their enjoyment of the snacks by listening to music.

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…

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…

14Oct/16

Is it rude to take the last chocolate?

October 14, 2016Factual, Fun, ProductsBars, Candy, Chocolate, Experiment, Jar, Last, Principle, PsychologySephra

Should I take the last chocolate? I didn’t know it was the last one when, feeling peckish on a recent afternoon, I rose from my desk and walked across the newsroom towardRead 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.

05Sep/16

How to Make Chocolate Work in a Salad

September 5, 2016Entertainment, Factual, Fun, Products, Recipes and TreatsBalsamic, Bouillon, Cacao, Chili, Chocolate, Craving, Fruit, Garnish, Godiva, Green, Heaven, Mexican, Pepper, Salad, Sauce, Savoury, Spice, Spinach, Strawberry, VinegarSephra

Sure, it’s easy enough to satisfy chocolate cravings by mainlining the stuff (just kidding, please don’t inject chocolate into your veins)—but Chocoholics looking for new ways to consume their favorite food shouldRead More…