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The olmec Indians are believed to be the first to grow cocoa beans as a domestic crop. Cocoa trees had been growing wild for 10 000 years. The olmec civilizations last to 300 BC

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the Olmec ( very sophisticated society) gave most of their culture to the Maya. The consumption of cocoa is restricted to the Mayan elite, in the form of an unsweetened cocoa drink made form the ground beans.

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The maya migrate into northern regions of South America and Mesoamerica, establishing the earliest known cocoa plantations in the Yucatan. Beans are a valuable commodity used for both a means of payment and as units of calculation.
Beans are local and international currency.

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After the fall of Mayans, the tradition of growing cocoa continued in the lands of Aztecs- Valley of Mexico. Trading routes all across Central America brought chocolate to many. Mainly consumed by nobles and warriors.

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First known encounter of Europeans with Cacao happened on the 4th journey of Christopher Columbus to the New World.  Hernando Cortes destroyed Aztec Empire with his army of Conquistadors, razing their towns and capturing their retches. He supposedly sent one ship filled with cacao back to Spain.
The first historical record of cacao use in Europe came from delegation of Dominican friars, who sent gift of cacao to the Spanish Prince Philip. Spanish ports became popular destinations for Cocoa traders.

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Spanish and Portuguese consumed cacao regularly, but the rest of the Europeans did not. During this century many new recipes for its preparation were discovered. Toward the end of 16th century chocolate managed to find larger popularity as a medicinal plant, attributed as a remedy for high fever. While Daniel Peter is given credit for inventing milk chocolate

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Drinking chocolate expands worldwide. American inventor Dr. James Baker discovered first machines for processing chocolate. Shortly after this, industrial revolution caused great expansion of the chocolate business all across America and Europe.

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The first of many chocolate factory opened in Switzerland.
Dutch coco is made (coco powder).
Joseph Fry & Son, created first chocolate bar. Shortly after this, chocolate became widely affordable and popular food.Popular chocolate maker Hershey was established.

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Milton Hershey creates a model factory town town called Hersheyville dedicated to the production of chocolate. The first-known published recipe for chocolate brownies appears. ean Neuhaus invents the chocolate shell that can be filled with soft centers and nut pastes, offering vast variety to the previous dipping and enrobing of chocolate.World War II rationing includes chocolate

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A new generation of chocolatiers knows no bounds. The fusion cuisine of the late 20th century has logically found its way to chocolate. Many chocolate bars have been made with different companies and different variations and are all enjoyed all over the world by everyone.