The story begins some two millennia in tropical rainforests of the Americas. Although the cocoa tree had for some time, the natives had never used the beans in pods for food. After the discovery that the seeds could be processed and used as a beverage, it quickly caught on with these primitive people. The first people known to make chocolate from cocoa beans were the ancient cultures of Central America and Mexico. They grind the beans and mix withherbs and spices and then drink whisk by hand until they were both hot and frothy.
The Olmec Indians are probably the first culture, the beans as a national harvest, grow 1500-400 BC 250-900 EC, the consumption of beans, the elite class of the Mayan culture was limited. In those years the drink was consumed was not mollified. Apparently the Maya population, the beans so highly valued that it planted in their personalGardens, they had easy access to them.
Around 600 AD the Mayans migrated to northern South America and begins not before recording the trees in cocoa plantations in the Yucatan. They used the drink, which he did in engagement and wedding.
As soon as the Aztec culture able to dive with some beans and had to learn how to make the drink from them, have used it for medical purposes, and ceremonies such as weddings and religious rituals.They believed that the beans were a gift from the gods. They are also the first culture known to tax bean. Your name for the drink, which was done "xocalatl" bitter drink hot or translated. The beans also began at that time, as the currency used by the cultures of Central America. They were not used to make chocolate until they are put to use for payments.
The first Europeans to discover the chocolate was Cristoforo Colombo. He made a huge trade Mayaloads of the precious beans canoe. When the Spaniards invaded the Yucatan in Mexico in 1517 and 1519, quickly began the monetary value of the precious beans. Were not happy, but the hot, bitter and unsweetened drinks they receive from local people. It took some time but have learned to their taste buds to adjust and began to drink to enjoy.
The most important story of the introduction of chocolate in Europe is that the claims of the DominicanBrothers with a delegation of Mayan nobles at the court of Prince Felipe of Spain. As one of the many gifts presented to the prince, the nobles, gave him several glasses already processed cocoa, which was ready to drink. The Spaniards, however, do not drink much to share this with the rest of Europe, loved for almost a century!
Sometimes during the 16th century, the Spanish began adding flavorings such as vanilla and sugar, drinking chocolate. Sounsweetened chocolate was invented. And history shows that has seen the popularity of the drink to the point that he began regular broadcasts from Vera Cruz, Mexico, in Seville, Spain in 1582 has grown.
The records are not fully understood, such as chocolate was introduced to the rest of Europe. It 'most likely was through the monasteries, which were connected with Latin America thought distributed. Jesuit members of the Association had become the main consumers of the drink and cocoaDealers, e. A French cardinal popular drink in France when Louis XIV married Maria Theresa of Spain in 1615, she was a lover of chocolate, started a tradition that is like a wildfire among the French aristocracy.
The British were the seeds of cocoa by English pirates, the Spanish ships in the second half of 1500 has introduced targeted. They saw no need to load odd and even burned several shipments before anyone realized that the beans were good forto do. It took more than a century for chocolate to start their mark in British history. Once it did, however, was not only reserved for the nobility. Who could indulge in England who could afford it. While it was more expensive than coffee, it was less expensive than tea. "Chocolate houses" began to sprout, the first is a Frenchman opened in 1657. At that time chocolate was 10-15 shillings per pound. So it was quite expensive.
During the16th and 17th century increased the demand for chocolate so great that the Mesoamerican cacao plantations had slaves to plant, cultivate, harvest and process the cocoa beans. By the late 17th century, only ten percent of the indigenous native population survived. It was then that slaves from Africa were transported to Ecuador, Venezuela, Paraguay and Brazil. For over two centuries, enslaved people and workers were used to meet the demand for cocoa all attractive.
Around 1730, theCocoa prices to around $ 3 per pound decreased. This has made it more accessible to other parties, except the rich. In 1732 a French inventor has developed a table mill for grinding chocolate. This simplifies the process and made possible the production of larger quantities at lower costs. Thus, production has grown naturally.
In 1765, Irish chocolate maker John Hanan imported cocoa beans from the West Indies to Massachusetts in the American colonies. It 'came with Dr. James Baker. Youbuilt the first chocolate factory in the colonies and in 1780 was that the production of the famous chocolate mill Baker, still widely used.
Another revolution in production occurred in 1795 when Dr. Joseph Fry of Bristol, England, a steam engine to drive the grinding wheel used to make chocolate. This catapulted the production process dramatically forward.
The man, make a pioneer of Swiss chocolate, Francois Callier open the first Swisschocolate factory in 1819. And in 1828, a Dutchman named Conrad Van Houton, invented the cocoa press. His invention has helped more by cutting the price of chocolate and improving the quality of cocoa butter with pressure so that the consistency of the drink smoother. Mr. Van Houton patented his invention in Amsterdam, and the process was known as "Dutching.
In 1847 a further innovation of Joseph Fry & Son made where they found a way to add some cocoaNew Dutch butter in chocolate, sugar and a paste that into a bar ... Voila could be formed! the modern chocolate bar was born. Dr. Fry and his son together with his brothers Cadbury chocolate to eat at a fair in Birmingham, England appeared in 1849. In 1851, Americans got their first taste of sweets, chocolates, sweets and candies (sweets) in Prince Albert's Great Exhibition in London.
In 1861, Richard Cadbury, the first ever knownHeart Shaped Box for Valentine's Day, and seven years later, in 1868, the mass production of John Cadbury and first markets boxes of chocolate candies. In 1876, Daniel Peter, Switzerland, imported milk chocolate for drinking water - a project that, for eight long years of work before he perfected. In 1879, he was paired with was Henri Nestlé Nestlé and gave us a mix of chocolate, that all one had to add water and sugar.
Also in 1879, Rodolphe LindtBerne, Switzerland invented a new machine that heated and rolled to refine the chocolate. The process was called "conching." Once the chocolate conched for seventy-two hours and had cocoa butter added to it the product of more soft and creamy, and may be formed in more goodies. Lindt chocolates are still not widely known and recognized throughout the world today.
Here's another little 'treat the history of chocolate to chew ... bring Chocolatier accreditedMass production, industry production of chocolate is Milton Hershey in Pennsylvania, USA. Mr. Hershey was nicknamed "Henry Ford of chocolate makers."
Although slavery was abolished in 1888, has continued the use of slave labor in 1900. In 1910, William Cadbury boycott a leader in the plantations, and abused and abused their workers. He invited other British and American chocolate manufacturers to join him in his campaign. That same year, the United StatesThe Congress adopted a formal prohibition of any cocoa, has been shown to be produced with forced labor. These efforts have led to improved conditions in the plantations. In the same year that chocolate producers gathered in their formal protest against the cruelty found in cocoa plantations, a Canadian named Arthur Garong, the first nickel chocolate bar.
In the year 1913 was Swiss chocolate maker Jules Séchaud the chocolate industry, a machine for filling shells with chocolate cable.Then in 1926 Joseph Draps, a Belgian chocolate manufacturer, has opened the doors of Godiva chocolates.
Today most of the cocoa cultivated and harvested by hand. But gone are the days that are used in cruel bondage to a plantation owner to meet the world's need for chocolate. Today's cocoa is produced by independent producers or cooperative groups worldwide.
While there are some companies that produce handmade chocolates, most of which is the production made by the machine. AND 'cheapereffective and the company, their product allows less than those who sell their products to trade.
Even today there are still cultures that chocolate is hard to believe for use as a form of currency and for medicinal and religious purposes. Indeed, the cocoa bean, a chemical called Theobromine, which is used to treat high blood pressure, dilates blood vessels so. It is also used in modern medicine. And cocoa butter is used in some beauty AIDS such as lotions and creamsthe skin to be treated. And 'known for its rich formula that gently moisturizes and known. It 'also used to treat burns well. In addition, cocoa butter is used for coating tablets, so that your throat go easier.
That's it ... A little history, a few sights ... You like chocolate? I am! So we wind here. Jump serious bit 'chocolate to relax, and the history that brought us this wonderful treatment.
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