HISTORY OF CHOCOLATE

The history of chocolateis the description sequenced ofevents brings over of since a food has propagated along the world: The chocolate. His production comes from the accused of the fruit of a tree named a chocoolate tho the final product of the acussed of the cocoa. The tree of the cocoa is original of Mesoamérica, place where it was begubn to domesticate.

The culture of the cocoa, and this consumption, they do that the chocolate is acquiring social, religious, medicinal, political and economic relevancy in diverse companies. His spread, acceptance and difussion along the world is such, that at present does not exist region where his influence has not come. His consuption and later product6ion involves milliopn persons, as well as to several nation along the world.

The chocolate remained in liq1uyid state, as drink, up the reached good ends of the 19th century. Concretely in 1828 when the hydraulic press was used in the extraction of the lard of cocoa. The technical later discoveries realized in Europe, in order to improve both his manipulation and his production, and the best knowledge on the composition of the chocolate, it managed to modify his initial aspect of drink.