For the most part, midnight snacks fall into two categories: salt or sweet. No one is coming up, and a banana for a snack at night. Nope, you will be either a bowl of salt chips, decadent ice cream or a delicious filling and chocolate bars.
Candy bars are a great snack that many of us take for granted. Half the time we just take it on an impulse while waiting in line at the supermarket. We have never, however, consider how much time and effort goes into making such a handy and practical experience.
The chocolate that you find in the store is the product of an incredibly long and complicated process of refining. This process starts green beans that come from a tree called Theobroma cacao. Aztec and Mayan civilizations had translated a great respect for this right, and the name literally means "food of the gods."
The chocolate-making process
To start the process of making chocolate, you must first harvest cocoa pods. These peppers are growing around the tree, they cut them down, you must manually with machetes. But you can not just send the pods look like she is out of the tree. You need to split them open. This shows cocoa bean, which is within.
Then you need the prayers and the sweet pulp that surrounds them scratching. From there the grain left to ferment for about two to eight days in the curve. This important step helps to soften the flavor of the beans. If you do not, they would be too bitter to enjoy.
If you enjoy a higher quality chocolate, you're probably eating something where the beans were left to ferment for much longer. This leads to a fruity and floral flavor. When you have finished fermenting cocoa harvesters spread them out in a single layer. So chocolate can dry out completely in direct sunlight.
From there the beans are packaged and shipped from the factory. In the complex, roast the cocoa for the first time. This helps to bring the most intense flavor and color. Various types of beans require different times and temperatures for roasting.
After the roasting process is completed, it is time to put the beans in an air classifier. This machine gets rid of the shells, so that only the "nose" of the bean. This is the best part of the cocoa bean, which is then ground into a rich, thick paste. This chocolate liquor (which contains no alcohol) is the building block of all chocolate products.
When the liquid is produced, it is time to move them. If you press the cocoa butter removed, leaving a powdered glass, called a "chocolate cake." From there the process differently depending on the type of chocolate they produce themselves. In some instances, to add even cocoa butter. In other countries, add them to the machine to knead and massage the chocolate conching. From there heated and wrapped in a chocolate bar you know and love!
Exciting new
Of course there are all different varieties of delicious sweets and chocolate bars. Firstly Tiramisu bar is a joy that only uses the finest chocolate all the way from Belgium. This exciting bar is made from the finest cocoa beans and is an incredible impersonation of an exotic dessert.
If you are a coffee enthusiast, then you probably know that chocolate does not contain trace amounts of caffeine. This makes sense when you think about it, like coffee, they also originate from a bean. The delicious espresso bar is made of delicious Belgian chocolate, which is combined with a touch of energy-filled espresso. This chocolate bar really the best of both worlds.
These are just two of the most amazing and incredible varieties of chocolate bars, which come in all different shapes and sizes. It is incredible that all these beautiful pieces are made of candy from a modest little cocoa bean! So next time you retrieve a candy bar in the supermarket check-out, remember all the incredible work it took to get it to go there.
