Finally, the chocolate festival "Salon du Chocolat 2016" will begin in Japan.

Together with the cardholders, I found a mysterious white drink at the Tokyo Chocolate booth, which was the eating editorial department that was exploring the Tokyo venue earlier. "Cacao pulp smoothie" (540 yen).


Cacao pulp smoothie is a smoothie made from cocoa pulp, or "cocoa pulp". According to the Tokyo Chocolate staff, it's probably the first time you have a smoothie, even if you have juice. And that.

When I drank it, I was afraid ... sweet! It has a refreshing acidity and sweetness, like passion fruit, like a combination of coconut, lemon and apple. A smoothie with a clean back mouth and very easy to drink. It was completely different from the cacao flavor that you would imagine from chocolate.

The cocoa pulp is the white part that wraps the cocoa beans. Is it such an image like the cotton around the pumpkin seeds?


When beans are fermented together, the taste and aroma of that chocolate comes out. Cocoa pulp is indispensable for making chocolate. However, it is rarely found outside the production area.

A cacao pulp smoothie that uses cacao pulp, which is said to be eaten raw in some cases. Maybe it will be a hot topic in the future along with juice? I want to drink again in the summer when I want to refresh!