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The document outlines the history of chocolate, starting with the Olmec Indians' use of cacao beans around 1500-400 BC. It details the evolution of chocolate from a drink among the Maya and a currency for the Aztecs to its introduction in Europe by Columbus and subsequent commercialization in the 19th century. Key milestones include the first chocolate house in London in 1657 and the production of the first moulded chocolate bar by J.S. Fry and Sons in 1830.

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The document outlines the history of chocolate, starting with the Olmec Indians' use of cacao beans around 1500-400 BC. It details the evolution of chocolate from a drink among the Maya and a currency for the Aztecs to its introduction in Europe by Columbus and subsequent commercialization in the 19th century. Key milestones include the first chocolate house in London in 1657 and the production of the first moulded chocolate bar by J.S. Fry and Sons in 1830.

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The History of Chocolate

1500 – 400
BC
First recorded use of cacao
beans by the Olmec Indians
in Mexico.
The History of Chocolate

900 – 250
BC
The ancient Maya of Mexico
and central America made
cacao into a spicy drink
mixed with chilli.
The History of Chocolate

AD 1200 -
1500
The Aztecs used cacao for
trade and cacao seeds as a
form of money.
The History of Chocolate

150
2
Christopher
Columbus was the
first European to
come into contact
with cacao.
The History of Chocolate

154
0
The Spanish brought
cacao home and started
flavouring it with
cinnamon and sugar.
The History of Chocolate

16
57
The first chocolate house was opened in
London. Cacao was very expensive and in
France, chocolate could only be drunk by
royalty!
The History of Chocolate

183
0
J.S. Fry and Sons of
England produced the
first ever moulded bar
of ‘eating chocolate’.
The History of Chocolate

186
1
The Cadbury brothers of England
introduced the first mass marketed
boxes of chocolates.

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