The further history of chocolate
In 1519 the Spanish conquistador Ernest Cortes conquered the part of Mexico and its capital. Spanish settlements were interested in huge resources of cocoa beans found in the palace of the king of Aztecs.
Although bitter taste of the drink made of cocoa beans was not appreciated by Spanish, they appreciated its aroma and energy effect.
When they came back to Spain, conquistador hoping to propitiate the king presented him cocoa beans and the recipe of making the drink of them. The royal family liked the drink that was named chocolate by them and from that time it became popular and fashionable among Spanish nobility. They added nuts, sugar and some spices to it thanks to which the drink became tastier.
According to some beliefs the first European person who tasted chocolate was Christopher Columbus. But he didn't like the bitter taste of drink prepared from some kind of unknown grass.
It is necessary to mention that cocoa beans were very expensive at that time. It was used as money. For example, it was possible to buy a slave giving 100 cocoa beans. It was also used in criminal ways as its taste and aroma concealed the taste of poison.