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Wednesday, 19 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
With Arab expansion, the custom of drinking coffee spread throughout the Middle East.
At first, coffee was received with distrust, even its consumption was forbidden (in Mecca in 1511, a ...
Kombucha
The development of trade between China and Europe also contributed to the appearance on the continent not only of tea but also of the tea mushroom.
The fermented tea drink was more easily adopted n the eastern part of Europe, where the tradition of ...
Beer
Barley provides starch, which is converted into fermentable sugars.
Many breweries replace some of the malts with unmalted raw materials with similar properties.
Coffee
It probably did not appear in France until 1644, and the French elite had the opportunity to taste the drink in 1669 at a party given by Ottoman envoy Mustafa Pasha.
The first café in Paris was established in 1671, and by that time there were more than 3000 cafes in England.
Halva
The composition of a traditional halva depends on the region and the availability of local ingredients.
The original halva consisted of simple ingredients: honey, which was not only a source of sugar but ...
Kombucha
Recently, kombucha has begun to return to favor.
Growing awareness and knowledge of healthy eating, and the importance of proper intestinal flora, ha ...
Eggs
The most expensive eggs in the world are Faberge eggs.
These are gem-studded Easter eggs, hiding costly surprises inside. They were created in the 19th century in St. Petersburg, by the Faberge family jewelry company.
Maple syrup
Maple syrup, as a completely natural product, is used as a sweetener but also provides many valuable ingredients for the human body.
It is a source of the following minerals: calcium, potassium, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, iron ...
Honey
The second category is honeydew honey.
They are harvested by bees from the secretions of insects parasitizing the leaves-aphids or maggots- ...
Coffee
Coffee fruits were used as early as the 1st century BC in Ethiopia.
Coffee was likely discovered by the Oromo people living in Ethiopia’s Kaffa region, harvesting it fr ...