Live the leisurely life of the mountain village

Chapter 432
Ten minutes later, a tree with a height of more than ten meters, with a lush crown, brown bark, and oval purple-brown fruits on it appeared on the screen of the live broadcast room.

Zhuang Qiu walked in, looked at the knotted things, and said.

"This thing is the cocoa fruit, which is the raw material of your favorite chocolate."

A 20-30 cm long, 7-10 cm wide object appeared in the live broadcast room, with a long acuminate tip and a round, heart-shaped or blunt base.

"It's the first time I've seen it. Can I say that this cocoa tree is pretty pretty?"

"This cocoa tree is inherently ornamental. The class representative, come out and popularize it."

"Cocoa tree, evergreen tree, up to 12 meters high, with lush canopy; bark thick, dark gray-brown; shoots brown, pubescent. Leaves short-stalked, glabrous on both sides or slightly sparsely starred on veins pubescent; seeds ovoid, slightly compressed, cotyledon hypertrophy, no endosperm. Initially light green, then dark yellow or nearly red, brown after drying; thick, fleshy, hard as dry Woody, 4-8 mm thick, with 12-14 seeds per cell; flowering period is almost all year round. Flowers and fruits are born on the main stem and old branches all the year round, and the fruits are long and large, red or yellow."

"The cacao tree blossoms are ornamental. The seeds are the world's beverage ingredient and the main ingredient in cocoa powder and 'chocolate bonbons'."

"It's pretty much what you're saying. But let me correct one thing."

Zhuang Qiu picked a few cocoa fruits from the tree and threw them into the backpack.

"Although this thing is not common in our country, it is still available. Many people grow it in the southernmost part of the country."

Natasha looked at the cocoa fruit in Zhuang Qiu's hand, and asked with a smack.

"Zhuang Qiu, can you make chocolate?"

"Hahaha, sure enough, sister Lin only has food in her eyes."

"The foodie attribute activates."

"Speaking of which, although I know that cocoa fruit can be used to make chocolate, I have never seen the process of making chocolate with cocoa fruit. I beg Master Zhuang to take me with me."

"Wow, it's up to you to see."

Zhuang Qiu originally had the same intention, so he agreed without hesitation.

"You love chocolate, so let me ask you, do you know the origin of this chocolate?"

Zhuang Qiu looked at Natasha and asked.

Natasha thought for a while and replied.

"We also saw cocoa trees in Sumatra before. At that time, the captain gave us a little science."

"It seems that the Mayans began to cultivate cocoa trees more than 3000 years ago, and at the very beginning, they mixed this thing with chili peppers and drank it as a drink."

"Oh my god, chili and chocolate, what does that taste like."

"Help, is this the earliest dark food?"

"No, you have to know that the taste of this cocoa fruit is bitter, a kind of bitter, bitter, bitter."

"I drank it in Africa before, and I still have this drink. It's just the taste...it's hard to describe in words. Seek common ground while reserving differences, you have to allow that there are many things in this world that you can't understand, hahaha."

"Later, how did it develop into the present chocolate."

Natasha thought for a while and said.

"I can't remember what happened later, it seemed like sugar was added slowly or something, and it became sweeter."

Zhuang Qiu took the conversation with a smile and continued to explain.

"Later, this kind of thing spread, but it was not very popular because of its bad taste. Until the [-]th century, the Spaniards, a royal prince, casually added some herbs and spices and threw it in. I found it delicious, so people gradually began to add some sugar and flavoring to this drink.”

"Pfft, sure enough, people in the past were just forced to. In reality, they couldn't find so many delicious things to choose from. They also have a sense of taste."

"The thing to drink is really bad in the past."

"They find it unpleasant to drink. I thought they would drink it because they thought it tasted good in their hearts."

……

"Then in 1585, the first ship carrying cocoa beans from Mexico arrived in Spain, which meant that there was a demand for cocoa consumption in Europe. The habit of drinking cocoa gradually spread from Spain to other European countries. In 1657, a The French opened the first shop selling chocolate in London, but the name of the shop was "Coffee Tobacco Shop", and it was not until 1674 that they invented the method of making solid chocolate."

Zhuang Qiu continued.

"After the 18th century, the price of chocolate began to drop, and chocolate gradually became popular. In 1753, the biologist Linnaeus officially named the cocoa tree. Because he didn't like the word "cocoa", he named it Theobroma cacao. Theobroma is Greek. It means "food of the gods."

"Master Zhuang's encyclopedia skill has been activated again."

"One piece of chocolate has so much knowledge, it's a lot of knowledge."

"Silently take a small notebook and write it down, and pretend to be aggressive when going out to eat chocolate in the future."

"There is no end to learning."

"Master Zhuang! It's been an hour, and there are only two kinds! Don't study chocolate yet."

"That's right, it turns out I'm not the only one who is in a hurry, the time is passing too fast, hurry up!"

……

Several urging bullet screens from the water friends in the live broadcast reminded people that this is not yesterday, and it is not the time to take a leisurely stroll yesterday when they had already obtained the qualifications to leave the circle in advance.

Still betting against others now!

After a few bullet screens came down, the rhythm was brought up instantly.

The water friends looked at Zhuang Qiu sadly like old ladies.

Zhuang Qiu said with a smile.

"No rush, no rush, it's still early, keep walking."

After speaking, Zhuang Qiu adjusted his backpack and said to Natasha.

"Go on, go on, I'll make you chocolate after I finish this."

After speaking, continue to move forward.

"Sister Lin, what does Master Zhuang mean? Have you given up on yourself?"

"Sister Lin, don't patronize eating, remember to remind Master Zhuang, it's really late now, Master Zhuang is not in a hurry, and you can still popularize science in one place. Originally, these ten plants can cost the least It’s good to spend more time to save time for myself later, it’s the place where I spend the most time.”

"Is Master Zhuang not going to compete?"

……

Looking at the words of the people in the live broadcast room, Natasha didn't know what Zhuang Qiu was paying attention to.

But looking at Zhuang Qiu's back, Natasha didn't know why, but she still felt unspeakably relieved.

"You look at Master Zhuang, as if he has given up, or is it a little flustered?"

Natasha asked, and got a very unanimous answer, that is, no.

"You may not be able to feel it when you are far away, but it is too obvious when I am close, so I am sure!"

(End of this chapter)