#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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Release date

Lydbog: 22. januar 2021