Experts agree that chocolate or cocoa Botanical tree (Theobroma cacao) was cultivated in the region of the Amazon valley in South America thousands of years ago Orinoko. Maya, the first cocoa trees grow. This custom has also taken when they moved to the lowlands of Yucatan. It was then introduced the Aztec nation of dark chocolate as a beverage. Cocoa beans mixed with corn or grapes that were fermented and then presented in a golden cup. Aztec emperors named Montezuma chocolate habit of drinking more than 50 cups of chocolate a day.
The Spanish settlers named Hernan Cortes (1485-1547) during the colonization of the region during the gold cup was interested in the content of the chocolate drink. But he also noted that the Aztec nation, cocoa or chocolate is also used as seed money. Therefore, soon established several chocolate plantations. Plantation known as “brown gold” was developed and the favorable results, while Spain controlled the cocoa trade in the 18th century. Then, the chocolate was introduced on the European continent and was one of the ingredients of the cake.
A mid-19th century, Switzerland has begun to develop the market and the chocolate snack. While chocolate was only like a drink, and later became a snack that can be melted on the tongue. Switzerland has also become famous as the best chocolate producing countries.
Here’s a clever entrepreneurs like Hershey, Kohler, Lindt, Nestle, Peter, Suchard and Tobler mark them chocolate making class today significant contributions to the chocolate industry. They found the engine of processing more efficient methods of processing cocoa and chocolate find better.
