Heavenly Chocolates in Roces Ave, Q.C. just recently conducted a chocolate appreciation 101 and workshop to everyone, and its a free workshop about chocolates, know the wonders and the process of making chocolates, understand the types and the so called single origin chocolates. All of these are discussed and was shared by Benjamin Pedro of Heavenly Chocolates.
The workshop is conducted every month, and its a free workshop and chocolate tasting inside the choco cafe of Heavenly Chocolates. I remember that during my elementary days, we have this tree in our province behind the pig pen, and I didn't have the idea that it was a cacao tree, and the cacao tree produces this free, and the seeds is the main origin of our chocolates.(read more below)
There are process in making chocolates, and some choco manufacturers sometimes forgot or skip one important step that makes the chocolate more tastier and original. The fermentation of the cacao seed is one of the most important part of the process, but to others they just skip it and proceed into the pre-refining process.
In the tasting section of the workshop, I tried the Peru origin of chocolate and it tastes okay, but I love more on the Madagascar origin chocolate and it tastes like our Cadburry chocolate, the Ganash and Nama chocolate is one of the best seller in flavors of bitter sweet, strawberry, with champagne and rhum, and needs to be refrigerated properly, but when you swallow it, the chocolate will disentegrates immediately inside your mouth and you'll get an after taste that makes it very heavenly.
Chocolates are good anti-oxidants to body, others some say that the chocolates are aphrodisiacs, but for me its just a psychological effect that every time we eat choco., we will kinda feel a little hm....hot. hahaha. Chocolates has less sugar, and its perfect for those who are into diet.
And did you know that in early times, during the Mayans, they used chocolates as their currency, or it is some kind of their money in their years. So after the Spaniards came to their land, they traded stuff and chocolates, and this made history that chocolates spread through out the time and history of man.
i love chocolates! wow!
there will be upcoming workshops in the coming months.
so I suggest you guys visit the store and try their menu. Im now planning to visit the store next week and try this famous Chocolate Pasta.
Heavenly Chocolates at Roces Centre, 127 Roces Avenue, Quezon City.
more photos in my album at Chocolate Appreciation 101 at Heavenly Chocolates
