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Chocolate dates back to the Mayan civilisation
Although there is no solid proof about who really discovered chocolate, most sources claim that it was the Olmec civilisation of Mexico that first learnt about it. But no one knows whether they ate it, drank it or used it like currency. As per a post on thechocolatereview.com, the Mayan civilisation that followed the Olmec was the one that really cultivated cacao beans (from which chocolate is made). According to www.facts-aboutchocolate.com, “The cacao beans were used as currency. Ten beans would buy you a rabbit or a prostitute. Hundred beans would buy you a slave.” The rich in the Mayan civilisation ion also drank nk it by mixing ng the paste off cacao seeds “with hot water, spices, chili, vanilla, honey and flowers etc.”.
Chocolate was discovered while making beer
In November 2007, according to a news report, scientists found out that chocolate was discovered 3,100 years ago when the Aztecs were using the cacao beans to make a celebratory beverage. As per the Daily Mail report, “One of the researchers, anthropologist John Henderson of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, US, said cacao beverages were being concocted far earlier than previously believed — and it was a beer-like drink that started the chocolate craze.” A brewing accident is what led to them discovering chocolate as we know it, or so they claim.
Although there is no solid proof about who really discovered chocolate, most sources claim that it was the Olmec civilisation of Mexico that first learnt about it. But no one knows whether they ate it, drank it or used it like currency. As per a post on thechocolatereview.com, the Mayan civilisation that followed the Olmec was the one that really cultivated cacao beans (from which chocolate is made). According to www.facts-aboutchocolate.com, “The cacao beans were used as currency. Ten beans would buy you a rabbit or a prostitute. Hundred beans would buy you a slave.” The rich in the Mayan civilisation ion also drank nk it by mixing ng the paste off cacao seeds “with hot water, spices, chili, vanilla, honey and flowers etc.”.
Chocolate was discovered while making beer
In November 2007, according to a news report, scientists found out that chocolate was discovered 3,100 years ago when the Aztecs were using the cacao beans to make a celebratory beverage. As per the Daily Mail report, “One of the researchers, anthropologist John Henderson of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, US, said cacao beverages were being concocted far earlier than previously believed — and it was a beer-like drink that started the chocolate craze.” A brewing accident is what led to them discovering chocolate as we know it, or so they claim.
The first bar of chocolate was made in the 1800s
The cacao tree’s seeds are used to make a variety of cocoa products, including chocolate. The most traditional method involves drying, roasting and powdering the seeds to make cocoa powder. So, chocolate was initially consumed as a drink. The first bar of chocolate, that we're used to eating, was made in 1847. “It was made by combining some of the melted cocoa butter with cocoa powder and sugar, creating a paste that could be pressed into a mould,” reveals thechocolatereview.com.
Chocolate isn’t sweet
Cocoa powder, from which chocolate is made, is not sweet; it even
borders on tasting bitter. As a matter of fact, in 1958, it was because
of its taste that the beverage made using cacao beans didn’t work for
many. “With the addition of sugar cane and some spices, the drink began
to gain acceptance with the royals and nobles,” claims
thechocolatereview.com.
The cacao tree’s seeds are used to make a variety of cocoa products, including chocolate. The most traditional method involves drying, roasting and powdering the seeds to make cocoa powder. So, chocolate was initially consumed as a drink. The first bar of chocolate, that we're used to eating, was made in 1847. “It was made by combining some of the melted cocoa butter with cocoa powder and sugar, creating a paste that could be pressed into a mould,” reveals thechocolatereview.com.
Chocolate isn’t sweet
Cocoa powder, from which chocolate is made, is not sweet; it even
borders on tasting bitter. As a matter of fact, in 1958, it was because
of its taste that the beverage made using cacao beans didn’t work for
many. “With the addition of sugar cane and some spices, the drink began
to gain acceptance with the royals and nobles,” claims
thechocolatereview.com.
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