a short story of chocolate
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A Short Story of Chocolate
Reading comprehension (PP. 1-2)
• When did chocolate become known for people?
• What did Columbus bring with him from his trip to India and present to the Spanish King Ferdinand?
• How did the King react to those gifts Columbus gave?
• Chocolate was not known in Europe until after 1492 when Columbus returned from his first exploration overseas.
• New treasures which were agricultural mostly, including cocoa beans
• The King might not be impressed with the small dark bitter cocoa beans.
Grammar
• What would eventually become the favorite food and drink of millions took a long time and many innovations to become popular.
• Columbus, who thought he had reached India, not a new continent, returned with many new treasures, many of them (being) agricultural.
Reading comprehension (PP. 3-4)
• Who was Hernando Cortez? Did he do anything about chocolate?
• How was Cortez received by the Aztec Emperor Montezuma?
• Did Aztec do anything to change chocolatl?
• Did Cortez do anything to change chocolatl?
• Cortez was a Spanish explorer, who is most remembered for his brutal conquest of Mexico.
• He and his men were offered grand gold cups of the emperor’s royal drink, chocolatl, meaning warm liquid.
• The Aztec did nothing to change chocolatl.
• Cortez adjusted chocolatl by sweetening it with cane sugar.
Grammar
• When introduced to the Aztec Emperor Montezuma in 1519, he and his men were offered grand cups of the emperor’s royal drink, …
• When (he and his men were) introduced to the Aztec Emperor Montezuma in 1519, he and his men were offered grand cups of the emperor’s royal drink, …
Reading comprehension (PP. 5-7)
• How did chocolatl become popular?
• Did Spanish people know how to produce chocolatl?
• What happened when chocolatl spread to England?
• Chocolatl became popular when combined with other spices, such as cinnamon, vanilla and hot chili pepper.
• Chocolatl production was kept as a secret which was revealed by monks 100 years later.
• In England, the first chocolate houses appeared.
Reading comprehension (PP. 8-9)
• What change was made to the traditional methods of making chocolate?
• What advantages did the cocoa press bring?
• What improvements were made to chocolate?
• Chocolate was made in mass production and with steam engines in the cocoa grinding process.
• With the invention of the cocoa press, chocolate dropped in price and the quality of the beverage was improved.
• With the introduction of a smooth chocolate for eating and the addition of milk.
Grammar
• The invention of the cocoa press … by squeezing out part of the cocoa butter, the fat that occurs naturally in cocoa beans.
• The second development occurred ..., creating the product we enjoy today known as milk chocolate.
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