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18th-century chocolate

Date:
1787
Item Type:
object
18th-century chocolate
Chocolate bar from the times of King Stanislaw August Poniatowski; manufactured by Jan Rychter, confectioner for the royal court; Krakow, Poland; Jagiellonian University Museum, Collegium Maius

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In the 18th century a cake of chocolate, which was similar to today's baker's chocolate, would be purchased in a store and mixed with water, milk, or wine, and sugar to make a hot beverage. Chocolate was not yet used in other foods.

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