Mocha vs. Chocolate

By Jaxson

  • Chocolate

    Chocolate ( listen) is a typically sweet, usually brown food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground. It is made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, or used as a flavoring ingredient in other foods. Cacao has been cultivated by many cultures for at least three millennia in Mesoamerica. The earliest evidence of use traces to the Olmecs (Mexico), with evidence of chocolate beverages dating back to 1900 BCE. The majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs.

    The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor. After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted. The shell is removed to produce cacao nibs, which are then ground to cocoa mass, unadulterated chocolate in rough form. Once the cocoa mass is liquefied by heating, it is called chocolate liquor. The liquor also may be cooled and processed into its two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter. Baking chocolate, also called bitter chocolate, contains cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions, without any added sugars. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, a combination of cocoa solids, cocoa butter or added vegetable oils, and sugar. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk. White chocolate contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk, but no cocoa solids.

    Cocoa solids are a source of flavonoids and alkaloids, such as theobromine, phenethylamine and caffeine. Chocolate also contains anandamide.

    Chocolate has become one of the most popular food types and flavors in the world, and a vast number of foodstuffs involving chocolate have been created, particularly desserts including cakes, pudding, mousse, chocolate brownies, and chocolate chip cookies. Many candies are filled with or coated with sweetened chocolate, and bars of solid chocolate and candy bars coated in chocolate are eaten as snacks. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes (e.g., eggs, hearts, coins) have become traditional on certain Western holidays, such as Easter, Valentine’s Day, and Hanukkah. Chocolate is also used in cold and hot beverages such as chocolate milk and hot chocolate and in some alcoholic drinks, such as creme de cacao.

    Although cocoa originated in the Americas, recent years have seen African nations assuming a leading role in producing cocoa. Since the 2000s, Western Africa produces almost two-thirds of the world’s cocoa, with Ivory Coast growing almost half of that amount.

Wikipedia
  • Mocha (noun)

    A coffee drink with chocolate syrup added, or a serving thereof; a caffè mocha.

    “caffè mocha|mochaccino”

  • Mocha (noun)

    A coffee and chocolate mixed flavour.

    “mocha fudge”

  • Mocha (noun)

    A dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

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  • Mocha (noun)

    A strong Arabian coffee.

  • Mocha (noun)

    An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain.

  • Mocha (adjective)

    Of a dark brown colour, like that of mocha coffee.

  • Chocolate (noun)

    A food made from ground roasted cocoa beans.

    “Chocolate is a very popular treat.”

  • Chocolate (noun)

    A drink made by dissolving this food in boiling milk or water.

  • Chocolate (noun)

    A single, small piece of confectionery made from chocolate.

    “He bought her some chocolates as a gift. She ate one chocolate and threw the rest away.”

  • Chocolate (noun)

    A dark, reddish-brown colour/color, like that of chocolate.

    “As he cooked it the whole thing turned a rich, deep chocolate.”

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  • Chocolate (noun)

    A black person; blackness.

  • Chocolate (adjective)

    Made of or containing chocolate.

  • Chocolate (adjective)

    Having a dark reddish-brown colour/color.

  • Chocolate (adjective)

    Black relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

  • Chocolate (verb)

    To add chocolate to; to cover (food) in chocolate.

  • Chocolate (verb)

    To treat blood agar by heating in order to lyse the red blood cells in the medium.

Wiktionary
  • Mocha (noun)

    a type of fine-quality coffee

    “Kenyan, Colombian or mocha coffee”

  • Mocha (noun)

    a drink or flavouring made with mocha, typically with chocolate added

    “espresso kiosks serving mochas and cappuccinos”

  • Mocha (noun)

    a dark brown colour

    “the eyeliner is available in soft mocha and soft charcoal”

  • Mocha (noun)

    a soft kind of leather made from sheepskin.

Oxford Dictionary

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