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Almost a century after the Spanish court discovered the goodness of drinking chocolate, the French became aware of cocoa in 1615 when Spanish Princess Anne introduced this luxurious beverage to the French royalty after marrying French King Louis XIII. Rumors abound that Princess Anne gave her soon-to-be-husband an engagement gift of chocolate packaged in an elegantly ornate chest. No wonder, chocolate is reputed to be romantic.
Gaining popularity as a fashionable beverage in France and Spain, chocolate did have its competitors with the arrival of coffee from the Middle East and tea from China. But it held more than its own and was soon available not only to royalty, but to the masses with the opening of London's first chocolate house, The Coffee Mill and Tobacco Roll, by a Frenchman in 1657. Though it was pricey, it became the beverage social players wanted to be seen drinking. After all, what beverage could be sinfully indulgent, seductive, exotic, romantic and delicious all at the same time?
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By the 1671, drinking chocolate is moving towards more. Pralines – those popular almond-and-sugar filling – is “invented”. This literally thrown-together mixture is served to comte du Plessis-Praslin who not only loves the concoction, but also gives it its name. And in 1674, The Coffee Mill and Tobacco Roll is offerring solid eating chocolate, maybe even pralines?
A century later, but then it's better to be late than never! Enjoy a bubbly and light traditional French drink chocolate drink.
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