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Fruit wines are fermented alcoholic beverages made from a variety of base ingredients (other than grapes); they may also have additional flavors taken from fruits, flowers, and herbs.

This definition is sometimes broadened to include any fermented alcoholic beverage except beer.

For historical reasons, mead, cider, and perry are also excluded from the definition of fruit wine.

Chocolate is a typically sweet, usually brown food preparation of Theobroma cacao seeds, roasted and ground.

It is made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, or used as a flavoring ingredient in other foods.

Cacao has been cultivated by many cultures for at least three millennia in Mesoamerica.

The earliest evidence of use traces to the Mokaya (Mexico and Guatemala), with evidence of chocolate beverages dating back to 1900 BCE.

In fact, the majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs, who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl, a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water".

The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste and must be fermented to develop the flavor.

Gourmet (US, UK) is a cultural ideal associated with the culinary arts of fine food and drink, or haute cuisine, which is characterised by refined, even elaborate preparations and presentations of aesthetically balanced meals of several contrasting, often quite rich courses.

The term and its associated practices are usually used positively to describe people of refined taste and passion.

Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body.

It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals.

The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth.