First illustration of the cacao tree

The first illustration of the cacao tree appeared in the book "The History of the New World" by Girolamo Benzony. This book was originally published in Venice in 1565.

Chocolate folklore: marriage chocolate

In 1615 the Spanish Princess Maria Theresa was betrothed to Louis XIV of France. And she gave her fiancé an engagement gift of chocolate, packaged in an elegantly ornate chest. Their marriage was symbol of the marriage of chocolate in the Spanish-Franco culture.

Chocolate Poulain posters

Until the middle of the 19th century, chocolate used for happy mood and also for such medical purposes as to sweet the taste of the medication. And during the of the second part of the 19th century the chocolate manufacturers started to grow up. One of the them was the french brand Poulain. The Poulain gives away color prints, each of them contained the part of a whole story: the complete collection yields "Cinderela" or "Around the world in 80 day". The collections are renewed every 3 month. It was very popular and it gives an idea about large color advertising posters. And the fullcolor posters can no longer be ignored. 


These posters presented Chocolat Poulain in the end 19th and beginning 20th centuries.

Lagend of chocolate discovery

Everyone knows that chocolate has appeared more than 3000 years ago. His first explorers were the Aztecs and Maya. Both did a drink (a little differently) from the cocoa powder and water. Assuming that the chocolate drink of the gods, the Indians used it in some rituals, and sometimes chocolate replaced even the money.