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Brown Gold

I love cocoa powder.

The “virtuous” half of chocolate, cocoa is the low-fat component:  the part of chocolate rich in antioxidants, caffeine and theobromine.  These exist in only very small quantities in chocolate’s other half – cocoa butter – which has its own glorious qualities, giving chocolate its richness, smoothness, creaminess, meltiness.  Like a perfect partnership, the chocolate whole is greater than the sum of its parts … but the parts are pretty amazing.

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Filed Under: Flavours and Textures, Other Foods, Tastings Tagged With: Costa Rica, Cuisine Camino, Ghirardelli, Valrhona

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