Category: Chocolate #LevelUp
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Drinking Chocolate: From Aztecs to Swiss Miss to Craft
When the days turn cooler, many of us turn to one of our favorite warm beverages – hot chocolate. Yet many don’t know that drinking chocolate has a history that dates back thousands of years. From over 3,000-year-old civilizations to commercialization to today, this chocolate beverage continues to evolve. Origins of Drinking Chocolate in Early…
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The New Pink Chocolate Called Ruby Chocolate
We’ve all heard of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, and white chocolate. But pink chocolate? Well now that’s a thing, too. Barry Callebaut, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cocoa products, announced its latest invention on September 5, 2017. The Swiss company unveiled the fourth type of “naturally colored chocolate”, Ruby, more than 80 years after inventing…
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How To Decipher Cacao Percentages
Today’s chocolate has certainly evolved. Clever packaging aside, many consumers choose their chocolate of choice mainly based on cacao percentages. The percentage is often easily discerned through the bold statement on the front of the package letting you know exactly how much cacao you can expect in your chocolate bar. But what does it really…