Chocolate history

By klocai

  • Chocolate Goes to Market

    Chocolate Goes to Market
    The first shipment of beans intended for the market makes it to Spain.

  • Chocolate is Lauded in Literature

    Chocolate is Lauded in Literature
    The first book devoted entirely to chocolate, "Libro en el cual se trata del chocolate," came from Mexico.

  • Cocoa Beans are Currency in Spain

    Cocoa Beans are Currency in Spain
    200 small cocoa beans were valued at 1 Spanish real, or 4 cents

  • America Discovers Chocolate

    America Discovers Chocolate
    Diligently forging their concept of Democracy, Americans take time out to discover chocolate.

  • First Chocolate Factory In the USA

    First Chocolate Factory In the USA
    The production of chocolate proceeded at a faster pace than anywhere else in the world. It was in pre-Revolutionary New England.

  • Spain Was First

    Spain Was First
    The first machine-made chocolate is produced in Barcelona.

  • An English Company Introduced Fondant Chocolate

    An English Company Introduced Fondant Chocolate
    This smooth and velvety chocolate almost completely replaced the old coarse grained chocolate.

  • The CMA was Established

    The CMA was Established
    The Chocolate Manufacturers Association of the United States of America (CMA) was organized in