Video: Journey to turn chocolate into a favorite dish

Before the 16th century, chocolate existed only in the central part of ancient America in a very different form today.

Chocolate - a popular dish.

In 1900 BC, people in that area knew how to handle the seeds of native cocoa trees.

The earliest records tell us that cocoa beans are crushed and mixed with corn flour and hot peppers to create an uneasy beverage like a hot cocoa cup, but a bitter taste and lots of foam. vitality

Over the years, with many changes in processing, chocolate is widely known and quickly become a favorite dish of many people.