JOURNEY COCOA BEANS CONQUER SPAIN
JOURNEY COCOA BEANS CONQUER SPAINBrought back from the Americas by Christopher Columbus, cocoa beans with a 600-year history in Europe have completely transformed from a drink reserved only for the nobility to a diverse food loved around the world.
The Spaniard’s Secret
In 1502, Christopher Columbus brought the first cocoa beans to Europe and it quickly became one of the treasures that brought prosperity to Spain.
The Spaniards kept cocoa beans a secret for a very long time. In 1579, when English pirates attacked Spanish cocoa-filled merchant ships; they thought the precious cocoa beans were… dried sheep dung and burned the ship in frustration.
When cocoa was introduced, Spaniards immediately fell in love with this drink. Like the Maya and the Aztecs, the Spaniards drank cocoa for health and energy. Even the Spanish church allows the use of cocoa in Masses.
Chocolate journey to conquer Spain.
Hernan Cortes – the second Spaniard to set foot in the Americas, brought back not only cocoa beans but also the recipes of the Aztecs. For several decades, the Spaniards kept cocoa a secret, but its popularity quickly spread throughout Europe. Some believe that the first cocoa processors were monks in Spanish monasteries. Because of an incident, the monks shared a secret with the French, chocolate’s journey outside Spain begins here.
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