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Matters of Taste: Chocolita Chocolate Café

Chocolate is chemistry. It is a product of cacao, forged by fire from its inherent ingredients. During roasting, the sugar and protein of fermented beans cause the Maillard reaction, which creates chocolate. Upwards of 800 chemical compounds are found in chocolate, with the majority offering allegedly positive effects, and the darker the chocolate, the more compounds it contains.

So, chocolate is healthy � in degrees. There is caffeine and theobromine, also found in coffee, antioxidants, phenethylamine, an aphrodisiac and more. This brings us to the go-to gift on Valentine’s Day—chocolate. Yes, there is chemistry in love as well.





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