CHOCOLATE

In 1900 BC the natives had learned to prepare the native cocoa believed that this was a sacred
food that had been given to them by a Kukulcan God and this they used as currency and they had
chocolate at the parties the first in the chocolate center happened in 1519 when Hernán Cortés
visited Moctezuma how it recorded Cortés the king had 50 jars of the life poured into 50 golden
cups cocoa had a reputation as an aphrodisiac at first its bitter taste made it suitable for medicines
quickly chocolate became a popular delicacy in Spain chocolate was hard to produce on a large
scale this involved using Caribbean slave labor islands off the coast of Africa in 1828 the
introduction of the cocoa press left a powder that was could mix into a drinkable solution to create
solid chocolate after a Swiss chocolate maker milked the mixture inventing milk chocolate for the
20th century was no longer the elite luxury but it had become a pleasure for the public now
instead of African slaves cocoa production would be changed to West Africa with Côte d’Ivoire
contributing 2/5 of the world’s cocoa to from 2015 many plantations across West Africa use child
slave labour with two million children affected

in 1900 B.C the in 1519 hernán Cortés in the century XX

in 1828 the cocoa
natives learn to discovers cocoa and chocolate was no
press was invented
prepare cocoa takes it to Spain longer a luxury

Jorge Alexander Henao Bueno 10-3