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Where does Takaoka chocolate come from in Japan?

Gaogang Chocolate comes in 20 packs per box.

Chocolate (chocolate is also translated as chocolate) is native to Central and South America. Its originator is "xocolatl", which means "bitter water". Its main raw material, cocoa beans, is produced in a narrow strip of land within 18 degrees north and south latitude of the equator. When used as a drink, it is often called "hot chocolate" or cocoa.

Chocolate originally came from the cocoa beans of the wild cocoa trees in the tropical rainforests of Central America. More than 1,300 years ago, the Yokotan Mayan Indians made a drink called chocolate from roasted cocoa beans.

Early chocolate was a greasy drink. Because fried cocoa beans contained more than 50% oil, people began to add flour and other starchy substances to the drink to reduce its greasiness.

Hernando Cortez, a Spanish explorer in the early 16th century, discovered in Mexico that the local Aztec king drank a drink made from cocoa beans, water and spices. Cortez After tasting it, he brought it back to Spain in 1528 and planted cocoa trees on a small island in West Africa.

The Spanish ground cocoa beans into powder, added water and sugar to it, and heated it to make a drink called "chocolate", which was very popular among the public. Soon its production method was learned by the Italians, and soon spread throughout Europe.