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Conquistador and Cocoa in Spain

Christopher Columbus has been the first European to see and touch cocoa beans, but at that time he didn’t pay attention to it and the humble cocoa has been neglected.
In 1519, his fellow explorer, the Spanish Conquistador Don Hernan Cortes discovers the chocolate which was the drunk in King Moctezuma ceremony. Gradually the tradition of drinking chocolate spread across Europe.
However this bitter drink was much more appreciated with honey and that is how sugar cane (Planted by Spanish people since the discovery of America) became the cacao essential complement.