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1.2.2. 18+ SEE. VIDEO: MAN. KILLED. MOTHER. FOR .RITUALS Because X-Mas IS NEAR.In the first half of the 16th century, cocoa spread to Mexico through the Central American Isthmus, and then to the Inca Empire. In what is now the southern part of Brazil, it quickly became popular with locals. They collected wild cocoa, mashed the seeds, and processed it into a “chocolate” drink. In the middle of the 16th century, Europeans came to the Americas, discovered cocoa and recognized it as a valuable economic crop, and developed cocoa beverages and chocolate on the basis of “chocolate”. ...READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE ↔️
At the end of the 16th century, the world’s first chocolate factory was established by the Spanish government at that time. However, some nobles were reluctant to accept food and drink made from cocoa at first. Even in the 18th century, a British nobleman regarded cocoa as “a ruffian from South America”.
Cocoa was named very late, until the 18th century Swedish polymath Linnaeus did not name it, the species epithet is “cocoa tree”. Later, because chocolate and cocoa powder became the most important energy supplements on the sports field and played a huge role, people praised the cocoa tree as the “God Food Tree” and the cocoa drink as the “fairy drink”.…READ THE FULL STORY FROM SOURCE ↔️
