#126: Chocolate

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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 interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/chocolate


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