Chocolate History

By Wenxin Yang
  • Discovery
    1502

    Discovery

    Columbus discovered cacao during his 4th voyage to America.
  • Exhibit to King
    1528

    Exhibit to King

    Cortès presented the Spanish King, Charles V with cocoa beans.
  • Back to Spain
    1544

    Back to Spain

    Benedictine monks bring cacao beans to Spain.
  • Enter the market

    Enter the market

    Chocolate went to the market when the first shipment of beans entered the Spain.
  • French Court embrace chocolate.

    French Court embrace chocolate.

    French Court embrace chocolate.
  • Enter U.S.A.

    Enter U.S.A.

    The first chocolate factory set up in U.S.A.
  • Solid eating chocolate

    Solid eating chocolate

    J.S.Fly and Sons developed solid eating chocolate.
  • Milk chocolate

    Milk chocolate

    Daniel Peter from Switzerland puts the first milk chocolate on the market with eight years’ experimentation.