Events Tagged: "chocolate"

Olmecs first cultivate cacao in Mexico - beans used as currency and to make bitter ceremonial drink

Cortés served chocolate by Montezuma - Aztec emperor reportedly drinks 50 cups of xocolatl daily from golden goblets

Cortés brings chocolate to Spain - Spanish add sugar, keep preparation secret for nearly a century

Chocolate reaches France via Spanish princess marriage to Louis XIII - becomes aristocratic fashion

Conrad van Houten invents cocoa press - creates cocoa powder and Dutch process, makes chocolate affordable

Daniel Peter invents milk chocolate using Nestlé's powdered milk - Swiss chocolate industry born