Wine – A Divine Drink

Wine – A Divine Drink

WHAT IS WINE? Wine is the oldest of the alcoholic beverages made by fermentation of grape wine. Strictly speaking, wine is a product of the grapevine, but often includes all fermented liquors obtained from different fruit juices (fruit wines). Wine differ greatly in their character because grapes grown in different regions differ in their composition, particularly in their volatile components which contribute to flavor and bouquet. There are many varieties of wine in which many are named by reference to…

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Cake – A Slice Of Heaven

Cake – A Slice Of Heaven

WHAT IS CAKE? Cake is a sweet baked food that is made from a dough or batter usually containing flour and sugar and often shortening, eggs, and a raising agent (such as baking powder). The ancient Greeks called cake plakous, meaning “flat”. It was baked using flour mixed with eggs, milk, nuts, and honey. They also had a cake called “satura”, which was a flat heavy cake. During the Roman period, the name for cake became “placenta”. The word cake…

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Coffee – A Delightful Brewed Drink

Coffee – A Delightful Brewed Drink

WHAT IS COFFEE? Coffee is an evergreen shrub or small tree indigenous to Central Africa and Asia. Well, there are so many species of coffee, but only 3 are used commercially i.e., Coffee arabica – supplies the largest and best quality of coffee beans; Coffee robusta – yields beans of lower quality; Coffee liberica – whose beans are of still lower quality Brazil is by far the largest producer and exporter of Arabica coffee. HOW IT’S MADE? The coffee bean…

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