How is Chocolate Made?
Chocolate is one of the most favorite items among millions of people across the globe. The young, kids, the old, men and women all like chocolate. In fact, chocolate is irresistible, but how is chocolate made?
Johannes Van Houten, a Dutch chemist in 1828, invented the chocolate. He actually invented a method of extracting the fat or cocoa butter from ground cocoa beans. The result was a much less bitter tasting product. This is combined with honey or sugar and converted into a drink to suit to human taste buds. The process was named after this chemist and known as the Van Houten.
Some years later in 1875, Daniel Peters, a Swiss manufacturer used the same process and made a variation in the process via adding chocolate with powdered milk. This gave birth to the first ever milk chocolate.
How is chocolate made?
Preparing chocolate is no child's play. It takes a lot of your time and is also quite a complex product. Here is a guide to simplify the whole process and let you understand in an easy way.
a) Step 1:
The basic step involves harvesting of cocoa pods. These pods are crushed. For the coming six days, the pulp surrounding the beans is fermented after being extracted.
b) Step 2:
Here the beans are graded and then roasted. The number of times roasting requires to be done actually depends on the size and type of the beans. This is what will affect the chocolate flavor.
c) Step 3:
This step involves light crushing in order to separate the Nib' or Kernel from the husk or shell. Thereafter, the husk is separated and discarded.
d) Step 4:
Some manufacturers prefer putting cocoa nibs through a process known as alkalization in order to come up with a distinct color and flavor. On the other hand, there are also some purists who prefer to produce the finest kind of chocolate, via relying on the quality of the beans as well as natural processing, in order to come up with the best of color as well as flavor.
e) Step 5:
The nibs are milled and then liquefied in the heat that is produced by the process of milling in order to produce cocoa liquor. This liquor is also known as cocoa mass. This is thereafter cooked and solidified.
f) Step 6:
The solid cocoa a mass is blended with chocolate butter and other ingredients towards the end in order to produce varied types of chocolate.
The process of making chocolate may also vary according to the individual's interest and desire. Some manufacturers try to dry the pulp extracted from the pods in an accelerated or artificial manner. However, some are perfectionists and would not compromise on the quality of the chocolate. This is the reason natural drying process is preferred by putting the cocoa. Pulp extract under the sun for seven days in order to dry under the sun. this produces the finest quality chocolate as the product. There are different types of chocolate available on the market today such as plain dark chocolate, milk chocolate, whit chocolate, Aphrodite chocolate and a lot more! This is a brief explanation of how is chocolate made.
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Why is chocolate so much more popular than carob?
I frickin love carob, but it’s so hard to find. You have to go to a health store and get there stuff that’s been lying on the shelves for years. Why doesn’t Hershey just put out some good yummy carob bars?
For Americans: Why are Hershey Bars so popular…?
… When they taste so disgusting!?! Honestly, they taste stale – or am I the only one? I’m from the UK and our food is TERRIBLE – but even we can get Chocolate right. I’m not being deliberately antagonistic or anything like that – I’m genuinely curious…
Thanks for all the answers everyone. I was just curious, that’s all! But what are “smores”?!
This is actually somewhat of an interesting question. A lot of people like the unique taste of Hershey’s candy bars, and it IS very different from regular milk chocolate.
You were on the money when you called them ‘stale’. The original Hershey’s bars got their unique flavor when Hershey, trying to better the flavor of swiss chocolate, accidentally made a batch of Hershey’s with milk that had gone sour. To this day, they still use soured milk in the Hershey’s recipe.
As for the popularity, it’s a matter of taste…I personally don’t care for Hershey’s and my grandmother is an addict…
Does he have a crush on me? Or is he just messing around with me?
He’s popular, a joker, and a “class clown” only a bit more serious at times. He just likes to make a ton of jokes and do stupid things. I’m a weird person(i think I am) like I randomly will just start dancing in the hallways at school, I talk too loudly, I laugh really weirdly, I laugh too much, I’m not serious enough, once I start to laugh, I can’t stop, plus I’m too book smart and I don’t know how to carry on a conversation with somebody I don’t know. I just don’t understand why he would actually like me, if he DOES like me, because I’m just so weird and basically, I’m just me. Nobody else is this weird, I swear. So basically:
Last month, our school was having a Winter Ball. So when our teachers asked us who was going to the ball, he was like “me and (insert my name here) are going together!!” and he had not even asked me to go, it was just random and totally out of the blue. First, I was totally pissed off at him, because then my teacher kept on making fun of me every time I tried to explain that we weren’t going to the Winter Ball together, and that I wasn’t even going to go to the dance in the first place.
So, after the Winter Ball was over, the next week, my teacher was all like “so how was the dance?” and he was like “she wore a beautiful yellow dress” and my teacher was like “did you wear a powder blue suit” and he was like “totally” and at that point, I was totally ready to slap him across the face, because he was REALLY ticking me off, and I was getting super frustrated.
So basically, he kept on doing a bunch of small stupid things like that, and I started to ignore him. Then, today, during English class, while we were reading our SSR individual reading books, my English teacher told everyone it was her birthday, and she brought in Valentine’s Day Hershey kisses, with the little sayings on the paper in between the foil and the chocolate (you know, that part that sticks out, it’s just a litte strip of paper). So, after everybody got two, I asked my teacher if I could go to the nurse, because my ankle was hurting, because I like twisted it or something during PE, the class that I had right before English. So, I take the hall pass and I go to the nurse. When I get back to class, because the nurse was totally not helpful at all, he and this one nice girl sitting behind him are all like “shhhh be quite she’s here she’s here” and since I’m not deaf, I obviously heard him say that. So, my book was lying on my desk, because I left it there when I went to the nurse, and on top of it were the two little strips of paper inside the Hershey kisses that he ate. On the first one it said “a kiss for you” and on the second one it said “be my valentine” and he didn’t had write it, it was already printed on the strip of paper. So, seeing it as something hilarious, I started laughing. Then, I picked up the paper and threw them in the garbage can, and he looked all sad(but I couldn’t tell if he was acting or not) so I started laughing again.
Also, every Wednesday we read our SSR books, and seeing has he doesn’t like to read(or it just seems like he doesn’t like to read) he stops halfway through the class, looks around a little bit, and just stares at me while I’m reading. I can see him out of the corner of my eye though. I don’t just lift my head up and stare straight back at him, that would just be awkward lol. xDD
So basically, my question is does he like me, or is he just doing this all for kicks?
Okay, that’s what I thought, I knew he didn’t really like me, and I’m totally okay with that, because I have a feeling that he knows that I totally hate him. He’s mean, annoying, and obnoxiously rude. So basically, at least I got that off my chest, because it would totally suck if he really liked me, because I wouldn’t really know what to do with him then, seeing as I absolutely hate him. With a burning passion, I might add. lol. xDD
lolz no way i would let a guy in my pants. i just saw this one preggo girl at my school today and she’s only like 15 years old. I’m 14 years old, I don’t want to even have sex until marriage. just proves what a perv he is though. xDD him and all his little friends. lol jkjk
Does he actually like me?!?!? What am I supposed to do with him if he doesn’t ever decide to leave me alone?
Okay, so this guy is totally popular and he is basically the class clown. I have a feeling that he has a crush on me, but I’m not entirely sure.
Last month, our school was having a Winter Ball. So when our teachers asked us who was going to the ball, he was like “me and (insert my name here) are going together!!” and he had not even asked me to go, it was just random and totally out of the blue. I was so ticked off, I just wanted to slap him, and on top of that, now my teacher keeps on making fun of me for it.
Then on V-Day our teacher gave everybody Hershey kisses, and while I was out of the classroom, he put the two little strips of paper from inside his Hershey kisses on my desk and they said ” a kiss for you” and “be my valentine”. I thought he was kidding, so I threw them away, because I thought it was some stupid joke and another way for him to make fun of me. Which he does all the time(remember the dance?). And then on another day, my English teacher gave us more Hershey kisses, and I asked the teacher if I could go to the bathroom, because he was staring at me again, and it made me extremely uncomfortable. So after I came back, the papers from the chocolates were on my desk again and they said “i love you” and “a kiss for you” but I just pretended that I didn’t notice it, because I didn’t want to make a big deal or whatever, so I just threw it away.
And then the other day, he was all like “you look beautiful today” and I need him to mind his own business and leave me alone, but I don’t know how to tell him to knock it off. I wouldn’t be brave enough to just go up to him and be like knock it off and leave me alone!
And earlier last week, I was a little bit late to my second hour class, like 4-5 minutes late, and he sits in the table right behind mine. So, I walked in late, and gave the teacher my pass, and he was sitting at my table, in the seat right next to mine. I was like, what am I supposed to do? So I just went and sat down next to him, because I had no where else to sit. And I know he sat there on purpose, because I was thinking, why is he sitting at my table when he can sit with his friends at the table behind me, his usual seat, because there was space for him to sit at his table, it’s not like both the chairs were already being used. And he was staring at me the whole darn time! I wanted to yell at him so badly.
Also, every Wednesday we read our SSR books, he stops halfway through the class, and just stares at me while I’m reading. And it’s really awkward, and it’s creeping me out.
Oh yeah, also, twice before, he has actually played with my hair while we were watching a movie in class.
I mean, I really hope that he doesn’t like me, because although I am a very nice person, and I hate to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I would never do it intentionally, I would probably end up hurting his feelings, because I wouldn’t know how to say no if he asked me out without being a total b*tch to him. I mean, I’m sure that he’s really nice and all, but I don’t like him. At all.
Sorry that it was so long! But what am I supposed to do with him?!
i’m surprised i read the whole thing. no, i’m sorry, it sounds like he was just screwing with you. if i liked a girl, i would only tease her like this if i knew her pretty well and it was blatantly clear i was kidding. he’s just not that into you.
Okay Carob is known as the Chocolate substitute! And it doesn’t taste exactly like chocolate and is more expensive! Also chocolate releases endorphins and has antioxidants that carob doesn’t have! Also there is not a huge market for it! If you want Carob that is fresh you can buy it off of Amazon, EBay, or google carob!
Here Enjoy your Carob!
http://amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/104-7404778-0047903?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=carob
http://cgi.ebay.com/Carob-coated-non-dairy-nut-flax-candy-healthy-dessert_W0QQitemZ190106577778QQihZ009QQcategoryZ14307QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Is it just for kicks? Also, why do guys stare, but never do anything else? It’s kind of creepy…?
Okay, so this guy is totally popular and he likes to make a ton of jokes and do stupid things. He can’t really ever be serious, although I have seen it a couple of times. So basically:
Last month, our school was having a Winter Ball. So when our teachers asked us who was going to the ball, he was like “me and (insert my name here) are going together!!” and he had not even asked me to go, it was just random and totally out of the blue. First, I was totally pissed off at him, because then my teacher kept on making fun of me every time I tried to explain that we weren’t going to the Winter Ball together, and that I wasn’t even going to go to the dance in the first place.
So, after the Winter Ball was over, the next week, my teacher was all like “so how was the dance?” and he was like “she wore a beautiful yellow dress” and my teacher was like “did you wear a powder blue suit” and he was like “totally” and at that point, I was totally ready to slap him across the face, because he was REALLY ticking me off, and I was getting super frustrated.
So basically, he kept on doing a bunch of small stupid things like that, and I started to ignore him. Then, yesterday, during English class, while we were reading our SSR individual reading books, my English teacher told everyone it was her birthday, and she brought in Valentine’s Day Hershey kisses, with the little sayings on the paper in between the foil and the chocolate (you know, that part that sticks out, it’s just a little strip of paper). So, after everybody got two, I asked my teacher if I could go to the nurse, because my ankle was hurting, because I like twisted it or something during PE, the class that I had right before English. So, I take the hall pass and I go to the nurse. When I get back to class, because the nurse was totally not helpful at all, he was all like “shhhh be quite she’s here she’s here” and since I’m not deaf, I obviously heard him say that. So, my book was lying on my desk, because I left it there when I went to the nurse, and on top of it were the two little strips of paper from inside his Hershey kisses. On the first one it said “a kiss for you” and on the second one it said “be my valentine” and he didn’t hand write it, it was already printed on the strip of paper. So, seeing it as something hilarious, I started laughing. Then, I picked up the paper and threw them in the garbage can, and he looked all sad(but I am almost 100% sure that he was acting) so I started laughing again, because judging by his personality, I thought it was some stupid joke and another way for him to make fun of me. Which he does all the time, made obvious by the dance incident. Also, the fact that I am a year younger than everybody in my grade probably has something to do with it.
Also, every Wednesday we read our SSR books, and seeing has he doesn’t like to read(or it just seems like he doesn’t like to read) he stops halfway through the class, and just stares at me while I’m reading. I can see him out of the corner of my eye though. And it’s really awkward lol. xDD Anyways, it’s creeping me out.
So basically, my question is does he like me, or is he just doing this all for kicks?
I mean, I really hope that he doesn’t like me, because although I am a very nice person, and I hate to hurt anybody’s feelings, and I would never do it intentionally, I would probably end up hurting his feelings, because I wouldn’t know how to say no if he asked me out without being a total b*tch to him. I mean, he’s really nice and all, but I don’t like him. At all.
No offence but try cutting a long story short…
I cant be botherd to read it all… just too much.
Good luck thoe x
Be a brave heart lady n ask him directly what is he upto. If he say i like u n something like that just say him politely. look(whatever his name is) i don’t like all these type of things n if u have any self respect u’ll nt bother me again or stare at me again. try it n tell me if it worked.