Many people may only know chocolate, but they don't know what chocolate is made of.
Cocoa bean is the predecessor of all chocolates, and all chocolates need cocoa powder and cocoa butter extracted from it. The two big guys in the back of the picture are cocoa fruits, and cocoa beans are wrapped inside.
This plant is native to the tropics of Latin America, but now it is also cultivated in Hainan and Southeast Asia.
(Coconut growing on trees)
It is worth mentioning that cocoa itself is not sweet, and it will not lead to obesity. The sweetness of chocolate and its MAX's ability to gain weight come from the sugar inside.
2. Milk Chocolate? Milk chocolate? [ milk 't? k? l? t ]
This is the most popular chocolate, which contains a lot of milk besides sugar and cocoa.
The cocoa content in milk chocolate is relatively low. The lower the cocoa content, the sweeter the chocolate, and generally speaking, the easier it is to gain weight.
3. Dark Chocolate? Dark chocolate? [ da:k --- ]
The name of dark chocolate? dark chocolate? The literal translation is "dark chocolate", which is also called? Black chocolate, although it is not black.
Dark chocolate is bitter and less sweet than milk chocolate, which won't make you gain weight so easily;
Besides, cocoa is good for heart health.
4. Extra-dark Chocolate? High purity dark chocolate? [ 'ekstr? da:k --- ]
In fact, this kind of chocolate also belongs to the dark chocolate just mentioned, but because it is very special, it is taken out separately;
Where is it especially? That is, its cocoa content is very high.
The sweetness is much lower than that of ordinary chocolate, and the original flavor of cocoa is very distinct, which is the chocolate with the least meat, but only a few people like its taste.
For this kind of chocolate, there is no strict division, but most lovers generally think that anything with cocoa content higher than 60% counts, such as Dove's 66%.
English Jun himself especially likes 75% high-purity chocolate, but some people say that this concentration is hard to swallow.
5. White Chocolate? White chocolate? [ wait --- ]
White chocolate is the sweetest and fattest of all chocolates.
Compared with other chocolates, it is very special because it contains no cocoa powder at all, only cocoa butter; Therefore, its chocolate taste is the lightest. But it's really ornamental for dessert.
However, because its fattening ability is really too strong and its color is so white, some people say it is lard in the chocolate world.
6. Flavored Chocolate? Flavored chocolate? [ 'fleiv? d --- ]
In addition to the original chocolate, flavored chocolate is also a big family;
Any chocolate that has changed its taste belongs to this category. They can be added with artificial flavors, natural extracts or ground raw materials (such as vanilla).
Common tastes are:
Matcha matcha
Rum
Coffee coffee
Hongdou adzuki
Mint mint
Strawberry strawberry
Cherry cherry
Lemon lemon
Orange orange
Grape grape
Blueberry blueberry
Raspberry
Cranberry cranberry
Mango mango
Peach peach
Apple apple
Coconut
Yoghourt
Vanilla vanilla
Rose rose
Sakura sakura
In addition to these common tastes, there are also some rare tastes around the world, some of which are quite strange, such as:
Chili Chili Chili
Durian durian
Banana banana
Cigar cigar
Cinnamon cinnamon cinnamon
Nutmeg of nutmeg
Cucumber cucumber
Cheese cheese
Mushroom
Tomato tomato
Chili dark chocolate produced by Swiss Lotus:
7. Nut Chocolate? Nut chocolate? [ n? t --- ]
Simply put, it is to wrap nuts in chocolate, which is a good friend of chewing lovers.
Generally speaking, it is wrapped in chopped nuts, and some are wrapped in whole grain.
Common tastes are:
Peanut peanut
Almond almond
Walnut
Macadamia macadamia
Hazelnut
Pistachio pistachio
8. Cereal Chocolate? Cereal chocolate? [ 'si? ri? l --- ]
The concept of cereal chocolate is basically the same as that of nut chocolate, except that it is filled with cereal.
The difference is that nuts are usually added directly, while grains need to be cooked first.
For convenience, let's put cookies in this category for the time being.
Common tastes are:
Crispy rice
Oat oats
Corn flakes cornflakes
Sesame sesame
Cookie cookies
Biscuit
9. Flower Chocolate? Flowers, chocolates? [ 'flau? --- ]
This kind of chocolate is rare, but it is also available. It contains petals, usually rose or sakura, and the chocolate used to wrap petals is usually white chocolate.
10. Fruit Chocolate? Fruit chocolate? [ fru:t --- ]
In addition to flavored fruit chocolate, there is also this practice of directly wrapping candied fruit into chocolate.
As for the fruit used, all the flavors mentioned in the flavored chocolate may appear.
However, it should be noted that the grapes in this practice cannot be called? Grape, because they are raisin.
1 1. Liquor Chocolate? Wine chocolate? [ 'lik? --- ]
In addition to the flowers and fruits mentioned above, there are also chocolates filled with wine, and it is usually liquor, or at least it is based on liquor.
For some chocolate lovers, this kind of chocolate is simply a godlike existence.
Common wines are:
Rum
Whiskey whiskey
Brandy brandy
Gin gin
Vodka
Orange wine cointreau
Vermouth
Tequila tequila
Red wine
Margarita margarita
Mojito Mojito
Martini martini
In addition, there is a very special variety of wine-centered chocolate, that is, a whole big cherry with stone removed is put in chocolate, and the wine that goes with it is usually maraschino, but it can also be other wines.
12. Chocolate Truffle? Truffle chocolate? [ --- 'tr? f? l ]
Many people misunderstand truffle chocolate. There is no truffle in it. It is named because it looks like truffle.
Truffle chocolates are all lumpy, and its chocolate base is made by a unique method, which has a melting point much lower than that of ordinary chocolates, only 23℃, and it melts in the mouth.
On this mass of chocolate, chocolate powder will be stained, and the finished product will look like a truffle.
This kind of chocolate powder is the basic model, and there are also many modified type, such as nuts or matcha powder.
13. Crafted Chocolate? Handmade chocolate? [ 'kra:ftid --- ]
The handmade chocolate mentioned here is not necessarily made by hand, it can also be produced by machine.
crafted? The name means "exquisite and complicated", so the name refers to all delicate fancy chocolates (different from common chocolate plates)
Truffle chocolate is actually one of them, so are the delicate chocolate balls on the cover, and so is Ferriero, which we can buy in the supermarket.
14. Chocolate Cream? Chocolate sauce? [ --- kri:m ]
David: David, another way to eat chocolate is chocolate sauce. Besides the original chocolate sauce, nut chocolate sauce is also very common.
It is worth noting that what is the "sauce" used in chocolate sauce? cream? This word.