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Sep 22, 1492
Old World
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Period: Sep 22, 1492 to
Chocolate
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Sep 22, 1519
Foods of the Gods
Emperor Montezuma, who reportedly
drank 50 or more portions daily. -
Channel to Great Britain
The first of many famous English Chocolate Houses appeared. -
Financial
Chocolate had dropped in price from three dollars or more
per pound to within the financial reach of all. -
New England
It was
in the prerevolutionary New England -
Coco press
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. -
Eating Chocolate
An English company
introduced solid “eating chocolate -
The second developement
Daniel Peter devised a way of adding
milk to the chocolate, creating the product
we enjoy today known as milk chocolate.