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History of chocolate
- The history of chocolate goes back many centuries.
- The first tribe to consume cacao beans was the Maya.
- This tribe used cacao as a wedding drink.
- However, various spices, such as chilli, were added to it.
- When the Spanish conquered the lands of the South American peoples, they could not understand how they could drink this drink.
- It was the Spaniards who started making chocolate sweet.
- From Spain, chocolate spread to Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries.
- There was even a debate in the Catholic Church as to whether chocolate could be consumed during Lent.
- The first chocolate factory originated in Bristol, England.
- At the end of the 19th century, Switzerland became a famous chocolate manufacturer.
- Milk chocolate was invented there.
- CathyBochkova
March 2022
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