Chocolate discovery By Mazur Dasha

Август 31, 2022

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Chocolate discovery By Mazur Dasha

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2. Maya Civilization is the cradle of chocolate Opening cocoa is associated with Maya tribes who lived
3. "Food of Gods" Despite its bitter taste, this drink was highly appreciated by Maya tribes, who
4. Chocolate and trade Maya were paying taxes of Aztecs by giving them cocoa beans. Chocolate quickly
5. Money grow on trees Cocoa beans were valued by Aztecs so high that they were used
6. A small but healing grain Maya and Aztecs drank cocoa not only because of its taste
7. Columbus discovered cocoa When Columbus and his crew landed on the shore, the Aztecs met them
8. The conquistador of chocolate In 1502 Christopher Columbus landed on the shores of America, where he
9. Chocolate conquers Spain Only when Cortes returned to Spain in 1528, the royal couple became interested
10. France Cocoa appeared in France thanks to the wedding of King Louis 13 and the Spanish
11. The UK and America Soon chocolate appeared in the UK. Cocoa was the privilege of upper
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Maya Civilization is the cradle of chocolate
Opening cocoa is associated with

Maya tribes who lived in South America since about 900 years BC.

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"Food of Gods"
Despite its bitter taste, this drink was highly appreciated

by Maya tribes, who called it "food of gods“. Chocolate was traditionally consumed during religious ceremonies or weddings.

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Chocolate and trade
Maya were paying taxes of Aztecs by giving them

cocoa beans.
Chocolate quickly gained a leading position in the economy of the Aztecs.

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Money grow on trees
Cocoa beans were valued by Aztecs so high

that they were used as money. Food and clothes could be paid by cocoa beans. So, from the point of view of the Aztecs, money really grew on trees!

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A small but healing grain
Maya and Aztecs drank cocoa not only

because of its taste and flavor , but also in medicinal purposes. Cocoa used to reduce fever, treatment of seizures and skin rashes.

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Columbus discovered cocoa
When Columbus and his crew landed on the shore,

the Aztecs met them with gifts - fruit of the cocoa. During the welcoming ceremony a few grains fell into the water, and people rushed to collect them, as if it was about the most priceless treasure in the world.

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The conquistador of chocolate
In 1502 Christopher Columbus landed on the shores

of America, where he opened a lot of new products, including cocoa. On his return to Spain, he presented cocoa beans to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, who didn’t understand this strange gift.

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Chocolate conquers Spain
Only when Cortes returned to Spain in 1528,

the royal couple became interested in cocoa. Unlike Columbus, Cortes brought not only the beans but also recipes for chocolate drink.
For decades cocoa was a spanish secret, but eventually drink recipe quickly spread across Europe.

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France
Cocoa appeared in France thanks to the wedding of King Louis

13 and the Spanish princess Anne of Austria.

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The UK and America
Soon chocolate appeared in the UK. Cocoa was

the privilege of upper classes, only men had the opportunity to visit shops with chocolate.
It was only 1712, when the chocolate has reached the shores of America.