https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja Made with an aura of mystery en-us 2022-06-14 12:58:06 UTC 2025-12-29 12:41:26 UTC hello@padlet.com 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220784545 Cocoa was used to make chocolate, is said to have originated in the Amazon at least 4,000 years ago.]]> 2022-06-14 13:15:37 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220784545 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220787693 The Aztecs attributed the creation of the cocoa plant to their god Quetzalcoatl, ]]> 2022-06-14 13:18:05 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220787693 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220789216 In both the Mayan and Aztec cultures cocoa was the basis for a thick, cold, unsweetened drink called xocoatl it was believed to be a health elixir.]]> 2022-06-14 13:19:13 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220789216 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220793011 The first shipment of beans intended for the market makes it to Spain.]]> 2022-06-14 13:22:10 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220793011 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220794711 200 small cocoa beans were valued at 1 Spanish real, or 4 cents.]]> 2022-06-14 13:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220794711 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220797223 An Avant Guard, London Coffee House called At the Coffee Mill and Tobacco Roll, goes down in the annals of history for serving chocolate in cakes, and also in rolls… in the Spanish style.]]> 2022-06-14 13:25:42 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220797223 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220798624 Diligently forging their concept of Democracy, Americans take time out to discover chocolate.]]> 2022-06-14 13:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220798624 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220801584 Antoine Brutus Menier built the first industrial manufacturing facility for chocolate.]]> 2022-06-14 13:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220801584 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220803013 After eight years of experimentation, Daniel Peter from Switzerland puts the first milk chocolate on the market.]]> 2022-06-14 13:30:30 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220803013 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220804585 The U.S. government recognized chocolate's role in the Allied Armed Forces. It allocated valuable shipping space for the importation of cocoa beans which would give many weary soldiers the strength to carry. ]]> 2022-06-14 13:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220804585 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220807125 Today, the U.S. Army D-rations include three 4-ounce chocolate bars. Chocolate has even been taken into space as part of the diet of U.S. astronauts. Also chocolate is one of the biggest industry in the world.]]> 2022-06-14 13:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220807125 395582 https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220817189 Cacao trees evolved around 10 million years ago, earlier than previously believed, new research shows. Considerable genetic variation might remain to be discovered among wild cacao populations, which could be crossbred with cultivated cacao for greater resistance to disease and climate change, and possibly new flavors.]]> 2022-06-14 13:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/395582/n5t0mvmnxk3gv6ja/wish/2220817189