It's the world's favourite sweet snack, and the chocolate industry is worth over $100 billion.
Discover the fantastic history of where it comes from, how it became so popular, and learn about some of the economics of chocolate production.
The Theobroma Cacao tree: where it all starts
Aztecs & the early years of drinking chocolate
The arrival of the Spanish Conquistadors & a ‘bitter drink for pigs’
Arriving in Europe
How cacao trees grow (and why it can't in Europe)
The invention of the cacao press
The golden era of chocolate
The industrialisation of the chocolate process
Chocolate manufacturing & poverty
Cacao trading & buying futures
Chocfinger: the man who cornered the world cacao market
Full transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/chocolate
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