. Cocoa and chocolate; a short history of their production and use. Cocoa; Chocolate; cbk. EARLY USE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 31 Two years later, in the Mcrciirms Polittcus for June, 1659, ^^ ^^ stated that " Chocolate, an excellent West India drink, is sold in Queen's Head Alley, in Bishopsgate Street, by a Frenchman who did formerly sell it in Grace Church Street and Clement's Churchyard, being the first man who did sell it in England ; and its virtues are highly ; A book written in the time of Charles II., entitled "The Indian Nectar, or a Discourse Concerning Chocola
. Cocoa and chocolate; a short history of their production and use. Cocoa; Chocolate; cbk. EARLY USE OF COCOA AND CHOCOLATE. 31 Two years later, in the Mcrciirms Polittcus for June, 1659, ^^ ^^ stated that " Chocolate, an excellent West India drink, is sold in Queen's Head Alley, in Bishopsgate Street, by a Frenchman who did formerly sell it in Grace Church Street and Clement's Churchyard, being the first man who did sell it in England ; and its virtues are highly ; A book written in the time of Charles II., entitled "The Indian Nectar, or a Discourse Concerning Chocolate, etc.," says the best kind can be purchased of one Mortimer, " an honest though poor man, liv- ing in East Smithfield," for 6s. 8d. per pound, and commoner sorts for about half that price. About the beginning of the eighteenth century chocolate had become an exceedingly fashionable beverage, and the cocoa tree was a favorite sign and name for places of public refreshment. Cocoa and chocolate are frequently mentioned in contemporary literature ; and among others Pope, in his "Rape of the Lock," alludes to it; the negligent spirit, fixed liked Ixion, — " In fumes of burning chocolate shall glow, And tremble at the sea that froths MILTON LOWER AULLS LN 1822 — FROM MODEL. WALTER HAKER & CO.'S MILL ON THE RIGHT. Chocolate was first manufactured in this country in 1765, in a mill on the Dorchester side of the Neponset River, at a point long known as Milton Lower Mills. Fifteen years later the plant came into the posses- sion of 'Dr. James Baker, and the small beginning then made of a new industry has developed into the world-famous manufacturing establish- ment known as Walter Baker & Co. Ltd., of which some account is <riven farther Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly r
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