Thousands of years ago, the earliest chocolate was made for drinking. The drink they make and quote is called Xocolatl, which means “bitter water”. It's made from cacao beans with spices. This is where the word chocolate is used today.
In 1528, the Spanish brought cocoa beans to Europe and presented them to the King of Spain. Then chocolate was brought from Spain to France, Italy and other European countries, chocolate was still a luxury drink, only the royal family can enjoy.
In 1828, Dutch van Hauden invented the cocoa press method, he separated cocoa butter from cocoa beans and treated them with alkali, successfully harmonizing the sour taste of cocoa beans, completely solving the problem of cocoa insoluble in hot water and sour taste. As a result, the price of chocolate became affordable and became a daily drink for Europeans.
In 1847, Joseph, a British man, invented chewable chocolate cubes by adding cocoa butter and granulated sugar to cocoa liquid cubes, thus opening a new era of solid chocolate.
In 1857, Daniel, a Swiss, created milk chocolate by adding milk powder to chocolate. Today, Swiss - made chocolate still has a reputation.
In 1879, another Swiss, Rodolphe, developed the technique of refining chocolate, by stirring and grinding it over a long period of time, to create a silky texture, which gradually turned the chocolate from a rough, gritty texture into a fine, smooth, melt-in-your-mouth chocolate.
Have you never thought that chocolate has such a long history, from the remote Central America to the modern industrial civilization of Europe, it is the continuous development of technology, so that the shape and flavor of chocolate are constantly upgraded. In more than a century, it has become a global delicacy.
Follow LST to discover the wonderful world of chocolate.