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   Chocolate: A European Sweet | 1521—1600Making Chocolate— The SPANISH DRANK chocolate with CINNAMON and SUGAR and blended it with a MOLINILLO  The Spanish didn’t like the bitter flavor of chocolate.At first, Cortés and his men weren’t thrilled by chocolate’s taste. To spice up the brew a bit, they began heating the beverage and adding a variety of ingredients. Once the drink migrated to Europe, someone eventually got the idea to add sugar, cinnamon, and other spices to the mix—and sweet, hot chocolate was born. The Spanish introduced a new tool to chocolate making. Spain didn’t really change the way raw cacao was prepared and processed into chocolate. The native peoples still did all the work of harvesting the pods and fermenting, drying, cleaning, and roasting the seeds. However, the Spanish did bring one new tool to the trade—the molinillo (moh lin EE oh). A wood stirring stick, the molinillo made the job of whipping chocolate into a smooth foam much easier. Continue to Using Chocolate |
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