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Monday, 12 October 2026
16 facts about Chocolate
16 facts about Chocolate
A delicacy not only for a sweet tooth
Chocolate is one of the most popular foods and flavors in the world. It was already known 4 thousand years ago. The ancient inhabitants of today's Mex ...

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Coffee
Coffee is available in various forms.
Unroasted beans, the so-called “green” coffee In roasted beans Ground Soluble (freeze-dried or dried by spraying in hot air)
Maple syrup
In order to extract sap from a maple tree, it must be around 30 to 40 years old.
Depending on the diameter of the trunk, from one to three holes are drilled in it and taps are placed in them. The tree is used to obtain sap until it is over 100 years old.
Hot dog
Hot dogs are popular around the world. In Poland, for instance, it is a must-have at every gas station.
Halva
Halva is a traditional fastidious dish among Greek Orthodox Christians.
Maple syrup
100 g of maple syrup provides 260 kcal and consists of 32% water and 67% carbohydrates (90% of which are sugars).
The sugar found in maple syrup is sucrose and small amounts of glucose and fructose.
Maple syrup
The Native Americans claim that this skill of obtaining maple syrup was accidentally passed on to them by the gods.
Legend has it that the Iroquois’ Chief Woksis threw his tomahawk into a maple tree on a winter day. ...
Pizza
The traditional pizza consists of cheese and tomatoes.
Toppings are served on leavened wheat-based dough, baked in a wood-fired oven.
Kombucha
As early as around 221-206 BC, kombucha began to be drunk in China, a country where traditional medicine is practiced.
This was during the reign of the Jin Dynasty. Kombucha at that time was called the Elixir of Eternal Life or the Tea of Immortality.
Coffee
Also in 1901, Luigi Bezzera patented his first coffee maker and became an innovator in the field.
However, he could not sell it, only done by Desiderio Pavoni, who refined Bezzera’s invention and marketed it.He presented it at a trade fair in Milan in 1906.
Sushi
It was a Japanese chef, Hanaya Yohei, who popularized hand-pressed vinegared rice rolls.
He served his invention at his shop in Ryōgoku around 1824.