Who invented the chocolate?!
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The majority of the Mesoamerican peoples made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs, who made it into a beverage known as xocolātl, a Nahuatl word meaning "bitter water"!. The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and must be fermented to develop the flavor!. After fermentation, the beans are dried, cleaned, and roasted, and the shell is removed to produce cacao nibs!. The nibs are then ground and liquified, resulting in pure chocolate in fluid form: chocolate liquor!. The liquor can be further processed into two components: cocoa solids and cocoa butter!.
Pure, unsweetened chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions!. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining chocolate with sugar!. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk!. "White chocolate" contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids (and thus does not qualify to be considered true chocolate)!. Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine, which have some physiological effects in humans, but the presence of theobromine renders it toxic to some animals, such as dogs and cats!.[1]!. It has been linked to serotonin levels in the brain!. Scientists claim that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure!.[2] Dark chocolate has recently been promoted for its health benefits, as it seems to possess substantial amount of antioxidants that reduce the formation of free radicals!.
Chocolate has become one of the most popular flavors in the world!. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and hearts on Valentine's Day!. Chocolate is also used in cold and
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Pure, unsweetened chocolate contains primarily cocoa solids and cocoa butter in varying proportions!. Much of the chocolate consumed today is in the form of sweet chocolate, combining chocolate with sugar!. Milk chocolate is sweet chocolate that additionally contains milk powder or condensed milk!. "White chocolate" contains cocoa butter, sugar, and milk but no cocoa solids (and thus does not qualify to be considered true chocolate)!. Chocolate contains alkaloids such as theobromine and phenethylamine, which have some physiological effects in humans, but the presence of theobromine renders it toxic to some animals, such as dogs and cats!.[1]!. It has been linked to serotonin levels in the brain!. Scientists claim that chocolate, eaten in moderation, can lower blood pressure!.[2] Dark chocolate has recently been promoted for its health benefits, as it seems to possess substantial amount of antioxidants that reduce the formation of free radicals!.
Chocolate has become one of the most popular flavors in the world!. Gifts of chocolate molded into different shapes have become traditional on certain holidays: chocolate bunnies and eggs are popular on Easter, chocolate coins on Hanukkah, Santa Claus and other holiday symbols on Christmas, and hearts on Valentine's Day!. Chocolate is also used in cold and
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14th Century
The drink became popular among the Aztec upper classes who upsurped the cocoa beverage from the Mayans and were the first to tax the beans!. The Aztecs called it "xocalatl" meaning warm or bitter liquid!.
1502
Columbus encountered a great Mayan trading canoe in Guanaja carrying cocoa beans as cargo!.
1519
Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez recorded the cocoa usage in the court of Emperor Montezuma!.
1544
Dominican friars took a delegation of Kekchi Mayan nobels to visit Prince Philip of Spain!. The Mayans brought gift jars of beaten cocoa , mixed and ready to drink!. Spain and Portugal did not export the beloved drink to the rest of Eurpoe for nearly a century!.
16th Century Europe
The Spanish began to add cane sugar and flavorings such as vanilla to their sweet cocoa beverages!.
1570
Cocoa gained popularity as a medicine and aphrodisiac!.
1585
First official shipments of cocoa beans began arriving in Seville from Vera Cruz, Mexico!.
1657
The first chocolate house was opened in London by a Frenchman!. The shop was called the The Coffee Mill and Tobacco Roll!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The drink became popular among the Aztec upper classes who upsurped the cocoa beverage from the Mayans and were the first to tax the beans!. The Aztecs called it "xocalatl" meaning warm or bitter liquid!.
1502
Columbus encountered a great Mayan trading canoe in Guanaja carrying cocoa beans as cargo!.
1519
Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez recorded the cocoa usage in the court of Emperor Montezuma!.
1544
Dominican friars took a delegation of Kekchi Mayan nobels to visit Prince Philip of Spain!. The Mayans brought gift jars of beaten cocoa , mixed and ready to drink!. Spain and Portugal did not export the beloved drink to the rest of Eurpoe for nearly a century!.
16th Century Europe
The Spanish began to add cane sugar and flavorings such as vanilla to their sweet cocoa beverages!.
1570
Cocoa gained popularity as a medicine and aphrodisiac!.
1585
First official shipments of cocoa beans began arriving in Seville from Vera Cruz, Mexico!.
1657
The first chocolate house was opened in London by a Frenchman!. The shop was called the The Coffee Mill and Tobacco Roll!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The cacao tree is native to the Americas!. It may have originated in the foothills of the Andes in the Amazon and Orinoco basins of South America where today, examples of wild cacao still can be found!. However, it may have had a larger range in the past, evidence for which may be obscured because of its cultivation in these areas long before, as well as after, the Spanish arrived!. It may have been introduced into Central America by the ancient Mayas, and cultivated in Mexico by the Olmecs, then by the Toltecs and later by the Aztecs!. It was a common currency throughout Mesoamerica and the Caribbean before the Spanish conquest!.
Cocoa was an important commodity in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica!. Spanish chroniclers of the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés relate that when Montezuma II, emperor of the Aztecs, dined he took no other beverage than chocolate, served in a golden goblet and eaten with a golden spoon!. Flavored with vanilla and spices, his chocolate was whipped into a froth that dissolved in the mouth!. It is reported that Montezuma II may have consumed no fewer than 50 portions each day, and 200 more by the nobles of his court!.
Chocolate was introduced to Europe by the Spaniards and became a popular beverage by the mid 1600s!.[4] They also introduced the cacao tree into the West Indies and the Philippines!.
The cacao plant was first given its botanical name by Swedish natural scientist Carolus Linnaeus in his original classification of the plant kingdom, who called it Theobroma ("food of the gods") cacao!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Cocoa was an important commodity in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica!. Spanish chroniclers of the conquest of Mexico by Hernán Cortés relate that when Montezuma II, emperor of the Aztecs, dined he took no other beverage than chocolate, served in a golden goblet and eaten with a golden spoon!. Flavored with vanilla and spices, his chocolate was whipped into a froth that dissolved in the mouth!. It is reported that Montezuma II may have consumed no fewer than 50 portions each day, and 200 more by the nobles of his court!.
Chocolate was introduced to Europe by the Spaniards and became a popular beverage by the mid 1600s!.[4] They also introduced the cacao tree into the West Indies and the Philippines!.
The cacao plant was first given its botanical name by Swedish natural scientist Carolus Linnaeus in his original classification of the plant kingdom, who called it Theobroma ("food of the gods") cacao!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The Aztecs were the first to use chocolate and developed a chili spiced chocolate drink which they offered to the Conquistadors!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
The acent Aztecs were the first to have chocolate, wlthough women weren't allowed t because of its aphrodisiac qualities!. Www@FoodAQ@Com
Didn't people smoke it to begin with!?
Not 100% sure on that though might be something my Grandad made up and I was gullible enough to believe him!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Not 100% sure on that though might be something my Grandad made up and I was gullible enough to believe him!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Al Gore!.!.!. chocolate was among a few great inventions of him, including the internet!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
I think the Aztecs may be known as the first people to drink chocolateWww@FoodAQ@Com
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Don't know, but whoever it was a big thank you!Www@FoodAQ@Com
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the aztecs i think!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com