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As far as we knpw chcocolate was back in 1492
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1519 Emperor Montezuma who reportedly
drank 50 or more portions daily -
the drink at the fashionable Court of France. Chocolate drinking spread across the channel to Great Britain in 1657
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chocolate haddropped in price from three dollars or more
per pound to within the financial reach of all. -
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.