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| Hot chocolate tastes better in an orange cup? Posted: 05 Jan 2013 03:14 PM PST  The study found that the hues of serving containers could affect the perceived taste of their contents. — Picture by grafvision/shutterstock.com Researchers at the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the University of Oxford recruited 57 volunteers and asked them to taste hot chocolate served in plastic cups with four different colours — white, cream, red and orange with white on the inside. The chocolate was the same in all the samples, but the volunteers found that the flavour was better when the drink was served in the orange or cream-coloured cups. "The colour of the container where food and drink are served can enhance some attributes like taste and aroma," Betina Piqueras-Fiszman of the Polytechnic University of Valencia said in a press release. The findings could be beneficial to chefs and food manufacturers, Piqueras-Fiszman added. Previous research has found that yellow containers boost the perception of flavour of lemons in soft drinks; beverages with cold colours, like blue, seem more thirst-quenching than warm colours like red; and if drinks are pink, they are perceived as being more sugary. The study appears in a specialist publication, the Journal of Sensory Studies. — AFP/Relaxnews |
| Top 10 chocolatiers around the world, according to National Geographic Posted: 05 Jan 2013 05:56 AM PST  Teuscher's main store in Zurich. In its list of Top 10 Best Chocolatiers in the World released last week, National Geographic's Intelligent Travel revealed its picks for chocolate makers who produce things like "…a single-source dark chocolate bar, a cream or liqueur-filled bonbon, a praline, fruit dipped in chocolate, a truffle, fudge, or some other sinfully delicious treat." Topping the list is Swiss chocolate maker Teuscher with a tradition that spans more than 70 years, and which today has locations across the US, Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Caribbean. The chocolate maker creates more than a hundred varieties and products contain no chemicals, additives or preservatives. Notably missing from the list, meanwhile, are chocolate houses such as Neuhaus from Belgium, which has been making chocolate since 1857, Parisian chocolate maker Michel Cluizel, and Italian chocolate maker Amedei, which uses a chocolate sourced from Venezuela that's been called the best in the world by Parisian pastry maker Pierre Hermé and Spanish chef Ferran Adrià . Here are the top 10 chocolatiers according to Intelligent Travel: 1. Teuscher - Zurich 2. Vosges Haut-Chocolat - Chicago 3. Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker - Berkeley, California 4. Jacques Torres Chocolate - New York 5. Norman Love Confections - Ft. Myers, Florida 6. Valrhona - Tain-l'Hermitage, France 7. Godiva - Brussels 8. Richard Donnelly Fine Chocolates-Santa Cruz, California 9. Richart - Paris 10. Puccini Bomboni – Amsterdam — AFP/Relaxnews |
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