#126: Chocolate
English Learning for Curious Minds
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The History of the Chocolate Bean
The aztecs believed the bean was a gift from the gods. They viewed it as having spiritual and medicinal property. One ruler of the aztecs, montezuma the second, reportedly believed so strongly in its beneficial properties, that he would drink it 50 times a day. When the spanish conquistidors arrived in the americas, they were initially confused about this strange bean. But cortes saw that it was considered pretty special. And after he had taken some ccow beans back to spain,. So this is the next step on chocolate's journey, its arrival in europe. In 16 15, when king louis the thirteenth of france married
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