Blog post 2: The Sweetest Thing

Every year, people are celebrating Valentine's Day. They give each other flowers, love letters or cards, chocolates and they even go on dates. But the chocolate is the most common gift that you get to receive every 14th of February. You know why? Simply because the chocolate is a sign of being valuable, divine, decadent and especially being sweet. So what better gift can you give to a person you love? Nothing can be compared to this sweet thing! 

I read an article about Why Chocolate is Called Chocolate? It states there that Chocolate is referred to as so because it comes from the Maya word known as xocoatl which means bitter water. When the cocoa bean was discovered, a drink was made out of it and the taste was bitter because coco itself has no sugar thus the phrase bitter water.
Chocolate contains an endorphin called phenylethylamine levels of which, in the brain, is linked to falling in love. 

So scientific, right? As time goes by with the advancement and perseverance of human, chocolate production went on frenzy. Several countries and industries made their own creations and versions of chocolate. Some in the form of candies, some in the form of bread, pastries and other different food marvels. Different flavors were invented and re-invented to satisfy the different taste buds of human. In fact, the first chocolate candy was introduced by Cadbury which were placed in a heart-shaped container especially made for Valentine's day. 

Another article I read talks about White Day and it says there that a month after Valentine's Day, another celebration is observed in Japan. It is called "White Day" or referred to as an answer day for Valentine's, where the men give the girls chocolates mainly white chocolate. It is the time when the reverse happens since the girls and women were always the ones who give their so called honmei-choco (chocolate of love) or giri-choco (courtesy chocolate). They preferred giving handmade chocolate because it shows sincerity, effort and emotion put into a home-made confection.


So what could be the best present that you can give your love ones this Valentine's day? What else? None other than the sweetest and the most thoughtful gesture and that would be, CHOCOLATE. B♡♡m! Happy Valentine's day!