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Friday, 28 August 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
The first coffee house in Boston opened in 1670.
Vienna boasted the first café thanks to a Pole, Franciszek Kulczycki, who opened a cafehaus there af ...
Kombucha
The drink is slightly sweet, sour, sparkling, and refreshing.
It has a light gray to dark brown color. The color depends on the type of tea used for fermentation. Black or green tea and sugar are most suitable.
Honey
Honey is a fairly caloric product, with 320-330 kcal in 100 g of honey.
Its energy value is determined by the predominant proportion of simple sugars-glucose and fructose.
Kimchi
Koreans eat 1.6 million tons of kimchi annually.
Maple syrup
Research by Dr. Keiko Abe of the University of Tokyo has shown that maple syrup significantly improves liver function.
It has also been shown that ABA abscisic acid contained in maple syrup stimulates the release of ins ...
Pizza
Dishes similar to pizza were known in antiquity.
There are records of Persian soldiers in the 6th century BC and ancient Greeks, who baked flatbreads with added cheese, herbs, and dates.
Eggs
The structure of the egg was once seen as analogous to the structure of the cosmos.
According to this theory, the eggshell was supposed to be the sky, the membrane inside the sky with clouds, the egg white symbolized water, and the egg yolk symbolized earth and minerals.
Coffee
The first coffee plantations in Brazil were established in 1719.
The Portuguese stole coffee seedlings from Guyana and established plantations in Brazil, making coff ...
Honey
From crystallizing honey, you can get creamy honey.
It is enough to stir such honey intensively 4-6 times a day for 10-15 minutes and you will get its creamy form, containing very fine crystals. Such creamy honey is very good for spreading it on bread.
Coffee
The first European to describe coffee was the German botanist and traveler Leonhard Rauwolf.
His records show that coffee may have reached Europe as early as the 16th century thanks to imports by two East India companies: the British and the Dutch.