The cocoa drink was originally beloved by the women above all, who preferred it to the strong male coffee.
The diffusion of the chocolate favoured the development of a flourishing commerce, dominated originally by the Dutch.
Aphrodisiac , nourishing , digestive , stimulating: these are the attributes recognized to the drink coming from the "food of the Gods", according to the terminology created in 1734 by the naturalist Linneo. The plant has small and elegant flowers of white or yellowish colour, distributed on the trunk and on the branches. On 1000 flowers only one in average reaches maturation, for which each tree produces a year only 25 fruits around, equal to 1-2kgs of dry cocoa beans used by the confectionery industry.
The fruit of the cocoa , "Cabosse", it is a long berry 15-20cm and heavy about 300-500gr., in which the beans are prepared in 6 longitudinal series and they mainly contain cocoa butter, proteins, and carbohydrates.
The cocoa and its by-products constitute therefore food stuff of good energetic value, for the protein content and for the minerals salts of which they are very rich.
The cocoa used by UNIVERCIOK has been valued and approved by the Lloyd's Register Quality Assurance Ltd forehead of the qualitative standard ISO 9001.
Concerning the use of the rigorously selected raw materials, the consumption of the products Univerciok it is reserved to the customers of the most exclusive cafes.
The Italian Style Flavoured Hot Chocolates can be served with dry confectionery, such as biscuits, or you can use syrups..