2016-07-07 Thu

Today is a day of Paradise for all chocolate lovers. As today, 7th July is celebrated as World Chocolate Day. Chocolate lovers can indulge in unlimited and guilt free chocolate consumption.

World Chocolate Day aka International Chocolate Day is an observance that occurs globally every year on July 7. It is stated that 7 July 2015 marked 465 years since chocolate was introduced to Europe. Well, the chocolate lovers don’t really need an excuse!

Made from Cocoa beans, Chocolate, in fact, grows in hot and humid tropical climate. This local plant of East Africa and Mexico became famous in Europe. However, the original strong taste of Coco went under miraculous modifications and transformed into Suisse version. Since then, each meal in Europe and America ends with this delicious, finger licking delicacy.

Chocolate begins with the cacao tree and ends with a time-intensive, laborious production process. It takes roughly 400 cocoa beans to make a single pound of chocolate -- and two to four days to make a single chocolate bar.

Not only Chocolate is approved by your tongue, it also appeals to your health. First of all Dark Chocolate is a great Aphrodisiac and has many more advantages. Being full of antioxidants, the dark chocolate is very nutritious. Chocolate is proven to improve blood flow lowering blood pressure and risk of Cardiovascular Diseases.

Single bean of Cocoa can produce so many varieties appealing to different tastes. Regular milk chocolate is there for everyone. However, if you want something strong, a range of Dark Chocolates is available. If Dark Chocolate is too strong, white chocolate is there to appeal to your sweet tooth.

Keeping in mind the fans of chocolate all over the world the posts of few countries have issued stamps with the flavour of chocolate. Countries like Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands France, and Switzerland ensure that they got the scents and flavours on the stamps.

France issued a set of 10 chocolate scented stamps to mark the 400th anniversary of the arrival of chocolate beans at the port of Bayonne. The stamps of Belgium not only have images of chocolate on the stamps, but are also unique in that the glue that is licked tastes of chocolate. Similarly, the Swiss stamps come in three flavours i.e. white chocolate, milk chocolate and dark chocolate.

Who said philatelists had no taste?