History Of Chocolate

By madisonhaynes
  • Aug 11, 1300

    The First Fruit

    The First Fruit
    With extreme care, some strains can be induced to yield good crops in the third and fourth years. Everything about the tree is just as colorful as its history. An evergreen, the cacao tree has large glossy leaves that are red when young and green when mature.
  • Aug 12, 1300

    Groing Cocoa Beans

    Groing Cocoa Beans
    Some say it originated in the Amazon basin of Brazil, others place it in the Orinoco Valley of Venezuela, while still others contend that it is native to Central America.
  • Aug 12, 1300

    A Need For Shelter

    A Need For Shelter
    It is normal to plant food crops for shade, such
    as banana, plantain, coconuts or cocoyams. Rubber trees and forest trees are also used for shade. Once established, however, cacao trees can grow in full sunlight, provided here are fertile soil conditions and intensive husbandry. Cocoa plantations and estates, usually in valleys or coastal plains, must have evenly distributed rainfall and rich, well-drained soil.
  • Jun 4, 1492

    Columbus Brings Chocolate

    Columbus Brings Chocolate
    The king and queen first saw chocolate when Columbus returned in triumph from America. The King and Queen never dreamed how important cocoa beans could be, and it remained for Hernando Cortez, the great Spanish explorer, to grasp the commercial possibilities of the New World offerings.
  • Jul 13, 1519

    EMperor Montezuma

    EMperor Montezuma
    In 1519, 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 in Europe

    Chocolate in Europe
    Europe as a delicious, health-giving food. For a while it reigned as the drink at the fashionable Court of France. Chocolate drinking spread across the Channel to Great Britain, and in 1657 the first of many famous English Chocolate Houses appeared.

  • Chocolate In America

    Chocolate In America
    It was in the prerevolutionary New England that the first chocolate factory was established. Chocolate has gained so much importance since that time. During World War II, the U.S. government recognized chocolate’s role in the nourishment and group spirit of the Allied Armed Forces, so much so that it allocated valuable shipping space for the importation of cocoa beans.

  • Today's Chocolate

    Today's Chocolate
    What I think about chocolate is that it is really good, but is bad for your health. I love to eat chocolate. My favorite kind of chocolate is Hershey's Chocolate Kisses.