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Oct 1, 1490
culumbus brings chocolate to king and queen
The King and Queen did not know how important coca beans could be. To the KIng and Queen they seemed unpromising. -
Oct 1, 1492
Before Chocolate
Chocolate was not known of before 1492 -
Oct 1, 1519
Emperor Montezuma
Emperor Montezuma, who reportedly drank 50 or more portions daily, served chocolatl to his Spanish guests in great golden goblets, treating it like a food for the gods. -
Chocolate Drinking
Chocolate drinking spread across the Channel to Great Britain, and in 1657 the first of many famous English Chocolate Houses appeared. -
Chocolate Prices
By 1730, chocolate had dropped in price from three dollars or more per pound to within the financial reach of all. -
First Chocolate Factory
In the United States of America, the production of chocolate proceeded at a faster pace than anywhere else in the world. It was in the prerevolutionary New England–1765, to be exact–that the first chocolate factory was established. -
The Cocoa Press
The invention of the cocoa press in 1828 reduced the prices even further and helped to improve the quality of the beverage by squeezing out part of the cocoa butter, the fat that occurs naturally in cocoa beans. From then on, drinking chocolate had more of the smooth consistency and the pleasing flavor it has today. -
Solid Chocolate
In 1847, an English company introduced solid “eating chocolate” through the development of fondant chocolate, a smooth and velvety variety that has almost completely replaced the old coarse-grained chocolate which formerly dominated the world market. -
Daniel Peter
The second development occurred in 1876 in Vevey, Switzerland, when Daniel Peter devised a way of adding milk to the chocolate, creating the product we enjoy today known as milk chocolate. -
My Opinion
chocolate is an amazing creation and im very happy that it was invented. chocolate has been bad for you for the last decade or so, dark chocolate i belive is healthy for you tho. I like to eat chocolate on strawberrys or brownies.