The Development of Hot Chocolate

Chocolate has been drunks for thousands of years. Mayan developing savory chocolate drinks. Residue taken from broad range of ancient Maya vessels reveal that all Maya regularly drank a spicy, foamy, chocolatyl brew perhaps as far back as 2600 years ago.

In the 1500s the Aztecs introduced a little sweetness of the mixture in the form of honey.

The chocolate drink famous today became a fashionable drink in Europe in the seventeenth century.

In 1657, the first chocolate shop opened in London, England. Chocolate houses, where wealthy men paid an entrance fee to drink hot chocolate, gamble, play cards, eat and socialize.

There is a new reason to enjoy hot cocoa on a cold winter's night in front of a cozy fire. Consider it a health drink.

Beyond the froth, cocoa teems with antioxidants that prevent cancer, food scientists say.

Today in Europe, hot chocolate is a favorite breakfast drink and is considered healthy for children.

Especially for Spanish, they drink hot chocolate for breakfast instead of coffee.

There are many ways of preparing hot chocolate. The only common denominator is that it should be thick and foamy.
The Development of Hot Chocolate