The History of Chociolate

By holliel
  • Sep 24, 1490

    Columbus 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.
  • Sep 22, 1492

    Before Chocolate

    CHocolate was not known of before 1492
  • Sep 22, 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

    I love chocloate. It is amazing. I love dark chocolate too. Most people don't like dark chocolate but I literally love all chocolate. Chocolate in this time is bad for you though. Dark chocolate is not so bad for you. Some poeple even say its good for you. My favorite way to comsume chocolate is by chocolate bar or cake or ice cream. Thats alot so I guess I just like all ways.