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The Dutch process was developed in the early 19th century by Dutch chocolate maker Coenraad Johannes van Houten, whose father Casparus was responsible for the development of the method of removing fat from cocoa beans by hydraulic press around 1828, forming the basis for cocoa powder. These developments greatly expanded the use of cocoa, and ...
Coenraad Johannes van Houten (15 March 1801 – 27 May 1887) was a Dutch chemist and chocolate maker known for the treatment of cocoa mass with alkaline salts to remove the bitter taste and make cocoa solids more water-soluble; the resulting product is still called "Dutch process chocolate".
Chocolate is a Spanish loanword, first recorded in English in 1604, [1] and in Spanish in 1579. [2] However, the word's origins beyond this are contentious. [3] Despite a popular belief that chocolate derives from the Nahuatl word chocolatl, early texts documenting the Nahuatl word for chocolate drink use a different term, cacahuatl, meaning "cacao water".
Chocolate is perceived to be different things at different times, including a sweet treat, a luxury product, a consumer good and a mood enhancer. [166] Its reputation as a mood enhancer is driven in part by marketing. [167] Chocolate is a popular metaphor for the black racial category, [168] and has connotations of sexuality. [169]
Belgium's association with chocolate goes back as far as 1635, when the country was under Spanish occupation shortly after chocolate had been brought to Europe from Mesoamerica. [1] By the mid-18th century, chocolate had become extremely popular in upper and middle-class circles, particularly in the form of hot chocolate .
This rosy-hued chocolate is the newest chocolate to hit the block since the 1930s invention of white chocolate. First developed in late 2017, ruby chocolate comes from ruby cacao beans, which are ...
Coenraad Johannes van Houten (1801–1887), Dutch chocolate maker; Cornelis Johannes van Houten (1920–2002), Dutch astronomer; Frans van Houten (born 1960), Dutch business manager; Gerrit van Houten (1866–1934), Dutch painter; Harm van Houten (1892–1952), Dutch politician; Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921–2015), Dutch astronomer
Now, this ain't your mama's Choco Taco. Salt & Straw's take on the dessert taco features a hand-pressed waffle cone that has been filled with cinnamon ancho chile ice cream, dipped in single ...