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The History of Chocolate Timeline Presentation

The document outlines the history of chocolate, starting from its first recorded use by the Olmec Indians around 1500-400 BC. It details significant milestones, including the Maya's spicy cacao drink, the Aztecs' use of cacao as currency, and the introduction of chocolate to Europe by Christopher Columbus in 1502. The timeline concludes with the production of the first moulded chocolate bar in 1830 and the introduction of mass-marketed chocolate boxes by Cadbury in 1861.

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The History of Chocolate Timeline Presentation

The document outlines the history of chocolate, starting from its first recorded use by the Olmec Indians around 1500-400 BC. It details significant milestones, including the Maya's spicy cacao drink, the Aztecs' use of cacao as currency, and the introduction of chocolate to Europe by Christopher Columbus in 1502. The timeline concludes with the production of the first moulded chocolate bar in 1830 and the introduction of mass-marketed chocolate boxes by Cadbury in 1861.

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The History of

Chocolate
Timeline
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

1502
Christopher Columbus was the
first European to come into
contact with cacao.
The History of Chocolate

1540
The Spanish brought cacao home and
started flavouring it with cinnamon
and sugar.
The History of Chocolate

1657
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

1830
J.S. Fry and Sons of England
produced the first ever moulded bar
of ‘eating chocolate’.
The History of Chocolate

1861
The Cadbury brothers of England
introduced the first mass marketed
boxes of chocolates.

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