Most of us like chocolate but have you wondered where it comes from or how it is made?
Chocolate comes from the Aztecs. It was first introduced into Europe by the Spaniards, who learned about it from the Aztecs at the time of the Spanish invasion of Mexico by Cortes in 1519.It was then brought to England around 1657. In the United States, chocolate was first manufactured in 1765. By the early 1990s, the USA was producing 1.2 million tons of chocolate a year. It is believed that in that year, the average American ate about 5.1 kilos of chocolate!
Chocolate is made from the fruit of the cacao tree which is more commonly known as the cocoa bean. The beans are dried in the sun, cleaned in special machines and roasted. They are then shelled and ground into chocolate.
22-1、[判断题]Chocolate comes from Europe.
22-2、[判断题]Chocolate came into England around 1657.
22-3、[判断题]In the United States, chocolate was first made in 1865.
22-4、[判断题]The cacao tree is more commonly known as the cocoa bean.
22-5、[判断题]Cocoa beans must be dried and roasted before being shelled and ground into chocolate.