The history of chocolate - Deanna Pucciarelli

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TED-Ed I

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TED-Ed can you do the next video of the hostory of the wheels

[@thesponsor8582]

I mean history of wheels

[@manik0w4t1]

Hi nice video 🌰🍪🍫

[@AgressiveScreaming]

Shots fired at 3:23. And we all know who you are talking about: * Cough cough * Nestle! * cough cough *.

[@soulassassin0g]

People need to realize that it's not the chocolate that is sweet but rather the sugar that's in it. That's why when people buy unsweetened chocolate they're disgusted by how bitter it is.

[@ARedMagicMarker]

I know right? I love to bake, and I had 1 bar of completely unsweetened chocolate for a special recipe. My spouse got into and spat it right out, ranting about how dare I bring the "demon chocolate" into this house, XD

[@ValerioRhys]

@@ARedMagicMarker Pure, unsweetened chocolate is actually an acquired taste, like chewing tobacco or coffee beans.

[@retosius7962]

yeah and usually the higher the cocoa percentage the more bitter it is. I'm pretty sure unsweetened milk chocolate just tastes normal but not sweet. EDIT: I meant white Chocolate. my mistake XD

[@TheProfessor529]

Yeah, I can NOT stand the pure stuff. Anything above 70% cocoa makes me gag.

[@vasoconvict]

unsweetened chocolate is actually fine for me

[@eyuin5716]

The mesoamericans also gave us corn and vanilla.

[@salvatornado]

Ęÿūį Æßñ and potatoes!!

[@Raziffalyan]

potatoes and pumpkins and maize and papayas too!

[@borisb1831]

They gave us maize not corn, corn was a product of later selective breeding and genetic modification

[@ChrisPPotatoIDC]

Potatoes came from Ireland tho

[@Pantograph_1]

A Cat please be joking

[@Ivan-bb6eb]

Vanilla was already added in Chocolate (Vanilla is native to Mexico too). Also honey and other various things were added to Mesoamerican Chocolate. Like Achiote, various flowers etc. Spanish nuns in Mexico added milk and sugar. In Mexico there are tons of various forms to eat and drink chocolate (Champurado, Mole, etc.). Xocolatl

[@aribear889]

Native to AMERICA not just Mexico. Central America also harvested vanilla in pre Columbus times.

[@Fairykingbee]

@El Goblin Hi! I currently live in Miami and I am curious, have you tried growing cacao trees? I currently have 22 baby trees (about 7 months old) however I am scared they wont produce many pods because of the location!

[@shiroumxm2052]

@@Fairykingbee No, cacao is not native to central america , it´s antive to amazonia ecuatorial.. but domesticated in mesoamérica

[@Fruitking333]

@@shiroumxm2052 I actually learned this right after my post 😭 thank you so much for informing me! I learned that it is native to the Amazon and was carried north into Central America were they invented the chocolate drink. Pretty cool history!

[@estrxxla2295]

@@aribear889 wrong

[@auhsojacosta1672]

I can imagine in the afterlife that kid is telling everyone that he died because his mother drank all his medicine

[@aegeushieweechngstudent7851]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

[@cyberstarz5550]

I-

[@jayabhattacharya3423]

Chocolate *

[@ThawBerry]

Welp-

[@1i.s]

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[@giitanjalichiya2116]

"Hernan Cortes visited Montezuma." Well, visited is one word for it.

[@lthemills3871]

Giitanjali Chiya LMFAO!!

[@neutralfellow9736]

"disgusting savage people" - Like the Aztecs were any better...

[@youngsavag666]

Neutral Fellow actually the Aztecs capital was richer than any Spanish city at the time

[@youngsavag666]

shiranui lol yea I bet if the Aztecs didn't OPRESSE other tribes they wouldn't have sided with the Europeans

[@neutralfellow9736]

"actually the Aztecs capital was richer than any Spanish city at the time" - No it wasn't, it was described as a large city and compared to Seville, meaning just another big city. Also, I was not speaking about wealth, I was speaking about the atrocities the Aztec Empire forced on its subject tribes, the same tribes that rose up and fought alongside the Spanish.

[@thomasslone1964]

i didn't know a hershey's bar tasted like mass child labor

[@ToonKid4]

child labor is very sweet, very sweet indeed

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[@afnanazamfaez9169]

@@user-nq6ln1wv8b yes

[@AlohaUlises]

Indeed

[@FertChervu]

Welcome to reality, good man. 👍🏼

[@imperiumdivinity]

1:45 Mom: I should feed my sick kid. *honey or anything sweet gets added* Mom: nah let him die

[@carriallers1268]

Ahaha! Oh my god! I can't stop laughing!

[@imperiumdivinity]

Carri Allers ah thank you

[@bigbrain791]

the spooky bois lol

[@gino14]

Top 10 Anime betrayals

[@angellymeh]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@iwritetotastelifetwice]

can we appreciate how elegant the animation is

[@yellowstarproductions6743]

Yes

[@ferrio5012]

As Belgian pastry chef, we acknowledge that Mexico is in fact the mother land of chocolate. Yes it was in Europe that modern chocolate was born but without the use gave by ancient Mesoamericans stablished in what is now Mexico, modern chocolate would have taken longer to be created because non of the other mesoamerican tribes gave the same use to cacao beans as the Mexicans, also cacao beans were brought by the Spanish conquers from Mexico. If you ask any good chef from Germany, France, Netherlands or Belgium, they’ll told you that chocolate was born thanks to Mexico, so in the name of Europeans who love chocolate, Gracias Mexico. 🇲🇽 🍫

[@AnerAndru]

And it's interesting because for most people around the world, it's no more than a candy, but for us mexicans it's an ingredient of many a good ancient traditional dish 😉.

[@user-vu2yb1gy4l]

We thank you too for perfecting it! Abrazos desde México 💚🇲🇽

[@latinauniversal]

The vanilla bean as well is from Mexico. greetings to Belgium from Mx!

[@uttamdas5834]

Hi I like big comments like these :3

[@marianaparra5797]

De nada hermano XD

[@cindyjimenez7337]

Mayans used it as currency too. I'm Salvadorian. When I was in the 7th grade, we went to a cacao tree that was near school to learn about it. Now I feel nostalgic.

[@cindyjimenez7337]

Camden Carter Just fields sounds pretty cool to me, it must be beautiful!

[@deadsoon]

Cindy Jimenez si, yo siendo de Venezuela una vez fuí a una antigua casa colonial que tenía a esclavos moliendo café y cacao en una especie de hoyo en el piso y allí nos enseñaron cómo se hace el chocolate :) eso y ver matas de cacao en la naturaleza, es algo que la verdad no se puede ver en muchas otras partes del mundo!

[@alondracarreno1376]

i feel you, I'm Mexican and Salvadoran and my family are descendants of Aztecs and Mayans . It's really cool to have this amazing history of chocolate in our lives

[@KeybladeMaster64]

Chocolate came from Mexico though

[@bananaflavoredpringles4709]

@@KeybladeMaster64 chocolate comes from the aztecs, who lived in Mesoamerica, near modern-day central Mexico. so yes, in a way, but not really since Mexico wasn't founded then

[@lochuu7353]

Imagine go fighting and killing , then return just to receive cocoa beans

[@sofussigvardt2962]

thanks imagine doing it for a currency that has existed for hundreds of years to help the soldiers and their families

[@dali3839]

By that time it was like if someone gave you pure gold😗

[@dali3839]

@thanks that is true...

[@lochuu7353]

@@dali3839 tasty gold 😂

[@soulassassin0g]

@@dali3839 they had pure gold lol

[@manticlove]

As a Ghanaian boy growing up in the cocoa farm, the harvesting times are memories I'll carry for life. And not to down play the struggles of others I never considered helping my parents as a child labor. Because fortunately every patent I knew back then considered school as their children's future. As someone who experienced that life, I think the western considers every support African children give their parents as a form of child labor. Though I stand to be corrected.

[@MaverickLee11]

wow so lucky, I just uploaded a brand new video discussing Cocoa, my video is titled: Cocoa: Food of the God's | Superfood

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Baby Diapers USD SGD

[@exhaustedmomfriend342]

Just because you weren’t exploited doesn’t mean other kids aren’t. This isn’t “Western people think every support African kids give to their parents is child labor”. There are actual children who are being exploited for labor. Westerners know the difference between helping out your parents and child labor. Guess what, bud?? Westerners have farms too and kids help out with their parents there as well. Clearly your farm was good, but that doesn’t mean everyone else’s is.

[@wtz_under]

@@exhaustedmomfriend342exactly what i'm looking for

[@wtz_under]

that doesn't deny the fact that there are many children out there enforced into child labour

[@MicahRion]

Cortez "visited." That was pretty generous summary of colonization.

[@TheTokkie]

Conquest was nothing new

[@stalionv4587]

Before we were friends with the tribesmen (then the carnage began).

[@marcovazquez8739]

Cortés not Cortez!!

[@partialintegral]

Cortez enriched them culturally.

[@Dracopol]

@@partialintegral That's right. Those goofy guys with feathers on their heads lacked diversity. They were participating in a loathsome, murderous religion that stratified humans and said the outlying tribes must contribute slaves to be victims of human sacrifice. Cortés did away with the pagan horrors, kicked Satan out, and gave them the saving light of Jesus Christ.

[@oddodyssey7231]

So if chocolate counted as currency... I guess you could say money... Grows on trees I'll let myself out

[@lordamvmurda406]

Money is paper

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@@luongmaihunggia r/ihavereddit

[@Visceralx1]

@@lordamvmurda406 money is actually made out of cotton r/wooooosh

[@Ghostxlyvoid]

@@Visceralx1 but its mixed with paper :/

[@ethanbravin894]

I dont know what to name myself in CANADA it's completely PLASTIC. and in AMERICA it COTTON FIBRE. We call it paper because it's similar, if it was money would go bad after a couple months. I didn't highlight cuz I was angry btw, just wanted u to get main info fast

[@Sintoolkicks]

If someone barged into your house, killed everyone, and stole everything, saying that he "visited" is not how I would describe that event.

[@linhhoang1363]

You have to visit the house first, before you start doing anything else. So there is nothing wrong in the video. Hence that's not an important part in a video about food either. So, pass.

[@artoruvidal2793]

Well TBH Cortez won because he got the help of so many natives like the Txalakans and other tribes who hated the Aztecs and their leader Mokzuma so much . He freed those tribes from their tyrants . But they don't teach this in schools and people are still believing that Aztecs were good people . Of course Cortez wasn't a good guy either he just wanted to save his life first as he was fugitive by Spanish king and seizing a colony could've saved him and also to obtain money and fame .

[@mapache7317]

Dont forget some of those home invaders being people whos family you killed long ago for revenge...Cortez had the help of other native tribes.

[@e.g.g1950]

@@mapache7317 and diseases lol. I don't believe one bit that other natives helped Cortez. I think it's just written up like that in the victors history book, to make the European's look less gruesome.

[@rounakbhunia8840]

@@e.g.g1950 It's very true, Cortes was helped by several of the nearby tribes which were oppressed by the Aztec tribe. Of course the smaller tribes believed the Spaniards would go away afterwards and not colonize and oppress everyone in the whole damn continent. This is not a morality argument on good and bad, just the simple fact that oppressed people in their desperation often turn to outside forces they can't rely on. Take for example french nobility asking Prussia to invade France just so save their own skins from the French revolution.

[@eberardosalvador9445]

The horror of children slavery in chocolate production in Africa... Thank you for spreading the word. Certainly not all about chocolate is sweet. ...A thoroughly educational video indeed...Thank you for not hiding the TRUTH.

[@porkoamy2001]

We need robots!

[@20jumps]

chocolate is bitter, the sugar added to it makes it sweet

[@code066funkinbird3]

@@20jumps yeah make sense

[@galaxyguy4247]

This comment has only 43 likes?? Look at the joke comments they have thousands. We need this comment to be taken more seriously. I agree

[@Just_A_Guy_Here.]

Well sometimes things never change if in the right circumstances, but good news is that practice won't last forever.

[@ricsicsalava3717]

2:58 Dont you hate it when you just want to enjoy a chocolate bar, but insted the whole earth is in it? Makes me so angry man, every time!

[@brentmartin3068]

Lol!

[@conglyvo1332]

I’d still eat it but only the parts that has the most chocol

[@Acroflame]

Yeah it’s very annoying

[@enigmachinery]

same! imo the oceans are the WORST part.. they literally just taste so salty blech

[@AyubuKK]

Ricsi Csalava 😂

[@dazhibernian]

Cortez took more than some beans lol.

[@dazhibernian]

CouquistadorSoup alrighty then..

[@FrenchFryFishOil]

also with nuts.

[@jaded8578]

CouquistadorSoup username checks out

[@Dracopol]

Cortez also ended the loathsome religion of human sacrifice.

[@danishamcclendon]

He took people lives.

[@deimono8984]

You know there was a video about the cacao slaves in cote d'ivoire and it showed that the laborers, although they're the ones harvesting and doing all the hard laborer, have not tasted a single chocolate in their entire life. So this journalist who was doing the documentary made them taste one. It broke my heart.

[@ishikamadan3498]

Can you share the link

[@kittycat7101]

@@ishikamadan3498 yep

[@muhammadnizamuddin2084]

that explained the important of using our brain not hard labour..learn the knowledge

[@emedianetwork]

I live in colombia and when I was a kid my mom used to grind the cacao fruit directly from the cacao three and made natural chocalate

[@chriswebster24]

That’s nothing. My family is from the US and we buy chocolate from the store.

[@ragerteenager968]

yup I'm from southeast mexico and my great-grandmother does that process as well and sells the chocolate tablets to make hot chocolate

[@diaochan7506]

My family have cacao tree forest behind my house and I'm not from Mesoamerica but Asia. I'm curious is cocoa originally from my country or is same.

[@_aashi]

@@chriswebster24 pfft- Same but I am not from US

[@sheerajzakir]

@@chriswebster24 great to listen!

[@matheussantana3174]

I love this guy's voice

[@irun_mon]

the voice is by Addison Anderson

[@Raziffalyan]

so calming, eh?

[@sapphireproductions1559]

based god the voice is Deanna pucciarelli

[@liberamans4173]

Luis Galvan Nope, this was narrated by Addison Adderson. The lesson, however, was written by Deanna Pucciarelli.

[@hughm1383]

I hate his voice. It sounds condescending.

[@aguyofrandomness3039]

1:52 son:mom im sick mom:ok honey heres medicine mom:sike its a dessert now its mine

[@CookieDoesDragons]

a guy of randomness really?

[@andrewtatetopg9425]

I don't think she wants to eat a dessert. Very dry.

[@makegreenteanotwar]

In Mexican Nahuatl, “chocolate” is “Xocolatl” & pronounced (shō-cō-lát).

[@adeade3978]

Diego Duarte we added the "e" at the end of the word?

[@karlaruiz8685]

Ade Ade Spanish people added the “e” because “t” sound in Spanish is pronounced “Te”

[@Dragonmongamer]

Diego Duarte Xocolatl kinda sounds like axolotl

[@alfredoquezada3711]

Xocolatl meaning= Bitter Water......FYI.

[@lunzy6492]

Actually its pronunciation is [ʃo'koʷɑ:t͡ɬ] and in Classical Nahuatl language it meant litteraly “Bitter Water” because it hadn’t sugar and they added hot pepper and other spices

[@anacruz2077]

my family is zapotecan (indigenous to oaxaca, mx) and we have preserved a drink made from cacao and maize for thousands of years, it’s called tejate, we believe it is a drink of the gods :)

[@lichtjekylland4750]

I would like to taste...

[@braumenheimer9607]

What is the recipe for tejate?

[@calebdarko]

In Chiapas we all drink it, at every meal it cannot be missing but we call it 'Pozol de Cacao' and we still call it the drink of the Gods

[@braumenheimer9607]

@@calebdarko About how many ounces of cacao do you have a day?

[@random_guy-vw3kw]

Nah I bet the soldiers had the minds of kids, jit getting chocolate after winning war Seriously? Chocolate? DUDE YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM A GODDAMN MANSION AND LUXURY STUFF NOT JUST CHOCOLATE

[@JamesPeach]

The mayans didn't just drink it with chillis. They also put honey on it to sweeten it.

[@arianedaawesomegirl9652]

Seth Perry but one question still remains: *WHY WOULD THEY PUT CHILLI IN CHOCOLATE*

[@Nightkicker233]

You can actually buy chocolate with chili and they are really nice, a lot better than mint on freaking chocolate aha

[@ashleymoreno3140]

Ariane da awesome girl cause that shits good af

[@JOKERKYZAR]

@Ariane da awesome girl Actually, there is a Mexican dish called 'Mole', which is chilli and chocolate and it tastes really good, it tastes better than you would think.

[@hetalraiththa1127]

that's mentioned in video

[@holisticmaya]

Well that escalated quickly 😯

[@tobiasiestadsjostrand2431]

holisticmaya cute!!

[@lenkagamine4417]

holisticmaya agreed

[@YouTubeExplore777]

holisticmaya i still eat it without guilt.

[@catraz.7521]

Lion of Jah that comment was 1 year old

[@catraz.7521]

Lion of Jah I see what you did there😂. But why did you comment. You took my line

[@andrewtatetopg9425]

The Mayans were right. Chocolate is the food from heaven.

[@booklover_222]

Definitely.😌

[@boom8474]

Heavenly child labor.

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@@boom8474 😳😐

[@MarkIsTiredAlways]

@@boom8474 don't call it that we call it mandatory volunteers

[@DiabolicEsper00]

Aztec*

[@sophiesmith9300]

"Man now I want chocolate..." "Oh I'm on a diet, I guess not" My diet: Only 1 bag of chocolate chips instead of 5

[@Ejaz100]

Still better for you

[@Ejaz100]

Why not have a banana or apple instead?

[@ISenjaya71]

Chocolate is made from cocoa which comes from plants. So that means chocolate is technically a vegetable.

[@Raziffalyan]

but tomatoes, oranges, tangerines, bananas, strawberries, blueberries, cherries, jack fruit, durians, grapes, apples, goji berries, dates, marijuana, cannabis, wooden desks, wooden tables, wooden chairs, wooden beds, mangosteen, pineapples, rambutan, salak come from plants too...........

[@ISenjaya71]

Razif FA Fruits are really just sweet vegetables, and vegetables are really just fruits that aren't sweet. Think about it.

[@ISenjaya71]

Razif FA Also cannabis and marijuana are dank vegetables, and wooden stuff are just sculpted vegetables.

[@PitukaAJ]

Ibrahim Fadhil Senjaya Vegetarian? NO PROBLEM! CHOCOLATE!!

[@Michaelonyoutub]

a vegetable is an arbitrary culinary term that refers to plants used it cooking but since its arbitrary, not all plants are considered vegetables, just the ones society thinks are vegetables are vegetables. which is why a tomato is still a vegetable even though it is a fruit because vegetable is an arbitrary definition that we apply whether it is botanically a fruit or not. So calling chocolate a vegetable is wrong unless culinary professional and society agree with you, which they would most certainly not.

[@sanjuanagasca7476]

Thank you God thank you Mexico for Chocolate

[@kenneth2519]

Thank evolution

[@JoseMartinez-fr8ck]

No es mexicano proviene de latino america unos dicen q de honduras otro s q de Peru otros q de 🇲🇽

[@abluejunimo7520]

Everybody hail the chokolate makers

[@tormentedangel667]

You’re welcome!

[@link199100]

@@JoseMartinez-fr8ck es de México, todo el mundo lo sabe

[@blackeyedsusies]

Mexico:has chocolate Spain:FBI OPEN UP!

[@ferrio5012]

USCAN14 here in Europe everybody acknowledges that Mexico is the mother country of chocolate, because 90% of mesoamericans lived in Mexican territory, and also spaniels brought cacao from Mexico first not from Nicaragua or somewhere else. Also the naualth word for chocolate is xocolatl, even in Belgium chefs recognize that thanks to Mexico we got modern chocolate. So stop making it s problem.

[@blankblank5409]

Sorry we took your land. Want some cash

[@Moni-ob7xi]

@@blankblank5409 I recognize that frame in your pfp

[@Moni-ob7xi]

@Izza Kaiser modifyers parody mofifuc-ers

[@jrojas961]

USCAN14 yes but cacao is from Mexico and spread to South America same as corn and chocolate was found by the olmecs or Mayans which both are from Mexico

[@malup1117]

“Bitter Side of Sweet” is a great book about the child slavery to make chocolate

[@link199100]

Thanks Mexico!

[@allymoon9908]

Your Welcome 😊

[@link199100]

@Barrack Obama no u

[@octaviogutierrez9158]

Thank you Mexico from Argentina 🇦🇷❤🇲🇽 UwU

[@Insert-thing-here-Fan]

U mean ¡Grágias México!

[@1017Evelin]

And other components of mesoamerica... which would be guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras and northern Nicaragua

[@wick9614]

Wtf I’ve been craving chocolate and cheese and I got recommended both videos on the history of them... *ThIs iSnT HELPINGGGG*

[@alapotato9367]

maybe u can buy and eat them... actually.. I Don’t Even Know Anymore

[@klowntownz3126]

Lol

[@devinwallace9362]

Go to the store then

[@browserii2048]

I have been eating cheese and choco am I being stalked

[@555sarin]

Chocolate? Did you said chocolate?

[@itsrady5867]

555sarin say*

[@jamessunderland4173]

Yes sir! With or without nuts. :) :)

[@saltysandhya]

Never mind

[@ChrisPPotatoIDC]

My drink? My diet Dr.Kelp?

[@jamessunderland4173]

lol i think it was the krusty krab pizza episode

[@NefiLopezGarcia]

In the south of Mexico in Tabasco and Chiapas, the people still drink that ancient drink, and it's bitter and delicious. We call it Pozol.

[@poemoe1493]

Sorry to disappoint you guys, but yes. Chocolate comes from Mexico, not Switzerland

[@moreira999]

Poe Moe Not just Mexico

[@Shaka.Flores]

Poe Moe comes from mesoamerica, which isn't just just Mexico

[@poemoe1493]

Don't wanna sound too damn snob, but considering the source language of the word chocolate is nahuatl language, which was spoken by the Aztecs, and the facts history shows about the importance of chocolate in the Aztec territory, (Aztec emperor Montezuma used to consume a great amount cause it was considered aphrodisiac) the way chocolate is known throughout the world is more likely because of the Aztec culinary culture more than the rest of mesoamerica

[@bluedreamkush2392]

Not just Mexico but the whole South American continent. But mostly in the equator

[@Stevenbfg]

The cocoa bean came from Mexico. "Chocolate" did indeed come from Switzerland since they were the first to turn cocoa beans into it.

[@shahzaibahmad1783]

It's quite interesting to watch it while eating chocolate 🍫

[@sandvillage8758]

I'm drinking hot chocolate while watching this lol it makes it taste better

[@godfather-gh2vq]

chocolate cookie

[@sanvim_6]

Shahzaib Ahmad, u guys making me hungry

[@JaKack]

I’m doing the same thing!

[@crazyskeever9966]

I’m going to make some right now.

[@0nlyadelaide699]

TED-ED I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, THIS MADE 5 YEARS AGO, I STILL LOVE IT!

[@piquantmelk7555]

ha

[@hauseofcards1147]

Bill Zhou rad

[@Bankstercide]

Then the Spaniards came and replaced him with the boring old fuck in the sky we all know and loathe. This is why we can't have good things.

[@ginadab11]

it's like if barney grew wings and demanded human sacrifice.

[@existencedefieslogic9658]

hahaha

[@whathell6t]

andrew reesman Actually, Quetzalcoatl is the most nicest/kindest deity in the Aztec Pantheon. When you read his accomplishments, he is a hero, especially for saving the Flow of Causality and maintaining through the 5th universe; and he, with his eternal rival Tezcaltipoca, defeated/killed the world eater Cipactli because he feasted major parts of the previous four universes which gave short existence to those universes and used Cipactli's corpse to create the 5th universe; and LITERALLY went to hell to collect the final ingredients to create humankind. For all that stuff that Feathered Serpent God did, he doesn't want a human sacrifice ritual for his survival or repayment, in fact he condemns that brutal ritual because it defeats his purpose for creating humankind and diverts the Flow of Causality from its natural path.

[@basedsavage4793]

Chocolate is Mexico's gift to the world😊🇲🇽.

[@wennethicus5212]

Well technically it was before Mexico was Mexico. Before even Mexicans lived there. We get tacos from Mexicans, but chocolate from the people who were killed by them.

[@ashleymoreno3140]

The Veneficus well most of us Mexicans have our native bloods so we are part Spanish and Aztec and their is still alot of the native people in Mexico so the Aztecs didn't completely die.

[@lthemills3871]

Erick Torres and Tacos

[@lthemills3871]

The Veneficus mexicans are mix with native. The Native Cultivated it + the Spnaish added some sugar = Chocolate 😄

[@j_misinterpreted_relephant7661]

Erick Torres we can be a plague just like any other group of people taking pride in something you had no hand in like produce that happened to grow in one country vs another is kinda weird imo

[@maryjog9347]

The number of your like is what kind of chocolate candy you are: 1: snickers 2: Milky Way 3: Reece’s pieces 4: Hershey’s bar 5: m & m 6: kit kat 7: 3 musketeers 8: butterfinger 9: Twix

[@trashw1894]

Butterfinger

[@keiohnrogers9036]

Hershey's and m & m

[@mrpp3222]

Savoy

[@ok-op8lg]

Hershey's.

[@katherinewatkins1933]

*4*

[@ritikas3006]

Hi, I am in the process of my Masters research studies and so I built a business report on the Chocolate Industry. I know it is very difficult to gather so much facts and figures for chocolate. I wish you a good luck and thank you for this video.

[@constellious]

DID SOMEBODY SAY CHOCOLATE?

[@7swordquanta459]

*CHOCOLATE!!!*

[@simon-di7xt]

I love you

[@akilaa1271]

Frm

[@anti-usernamesaltaccount3623]

Constellious UM YES

[@arrowpictures2844]

CHOOOCALLLLTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!?

[@kayavi4931]

Mexico to the rest of the world: “ You’re welcome!”

[@chungyanwong7293]

Not all countries are respectful toward Mexico, you know :(

[@vinny9868]

Everyone Else: I'm pretty sure it was from the Dutch and the Belgians.

[@JustSomeGuyLV]

Having plant in your homeland and not knowing what to do will achieve nothing ✌️ Thank the dutch and belgians for actually discovering chocolate ✌️

[@tlaloc27]

@aneuB adiV xocolatl is nahuatl not maya

[@sweet123shweta]

Are you sure people will come to Mexico?(how about child labour or slavery?)

[@Thelomes1]

good bless Mexico

[@kenneth2519]

God*

[@magicgameplay6786]

En los relatos antiguos se dice ... Que la gente de tenochtitlan recibe tres preciados regalos de los dioses los cuales fueron el maíz , el chile , y el chocolate, durante el periodo del quinto sol, de hecho en MEXICO aun se consume un alimento hecho con esos tres ingredientes llamado mole, y suele acompañarse con pollo o carne de puerco 😀

[@samd3764]

That moment when TED-ED connects important events in history to something comparatively insignificant and you are MIND BLOWN

[@alanl.4252]

Question: is the bitter cocoa drink from the Aztecs still made today or has the method of making the drinks all but disappeared?

[@yoszen2892]

@@Fernanda_2x0x0x8 wrong

[@yoszen2892]

In some regions of Mexico we still have a drink close to the original one, and in some other regions we have a almost identical but modified version of it

[@braumenheimer9607]

@@yoszen2892 What is the recipe of this drink?

[@melodrayo8926]

@@braumenheimer9607 Tasting History has a video on it where he recreates as close a recipe as possible to the Aztecs' one. It's quite interesting. I recommend checking it out.

[@braumenheimer9607]

@@melodrayo8926 SMOOTHNESS! I'll check it out-thanks!

[@ritwikbehuria9101]

Five minutes have never went so fast! I get deeply immersed in Ted-Ed videos.

[@KindredForestUK]

What an intriguing exploration of chocolate’s history! It’s amazing that what we enjoy today as sweet chocolate bars started as a bitter drink in Mesoamerica. The journey from that ancient beverage to our beloved treats reveals so much about culture, trade, and innovation. It’s also a reminder of the importance of ethical sourcing today, especially with amazing options like Bolivian wild cacao that honour traditional methods while delivering rich flavours. It’s fascinating to think about how the past shapes the chocolate we savour now, like our Wild Cacao chocolate bar! 🍫✨

[@hauseofcards1147]

Aztecs also invented basketball, except the hoop was vertical.

[@feynstein1004]

Isn't that Quidditch?

[@moreira999]

Some Guy Here Not just Aztecs

[@hauseofcards1147]

quidditch hoop is vertical but it's the same height as the player but no backboard. The aztec hoop was vertical too but it was very high up and had a wall/backboard like the traditional basketball game.. it's played a lot like volleyball sometimes but the lower hoop game is played with the hip, much like a basketball court too. Quidditch looks more like a soccer game.

[@TheTokkie]

yea they played with human heads

[@TheTokkie]

yes they did lol they played sports with human heads and sacrificied slaves look up Mesoamerican ballgame there are pictures on temple walls that depict the game with human heads... they enslaved that's why so many tribes aided Cortez to bring down the rest of the Aztecs after they raided their capital. They were an imperial empire that made allot of enemies

[@shadowhunt643]

history of the ice cream

[@shadowhunt643]

pls

[@vianeyboruel504]

the original forms come both from china and mexico ...shaved ice with fruit or plant flavoring cream wasnt added til centuries later

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

When i get a ice-cream the ice-cream becomes History😉

[@Bhawna03]

I have always been obsessed with chocolate; I just simply wouldn't survive without having at least half a bar a day. But knowing that millions of children are suffering while I enjoy eating them makes me feel incredibly guilty. I don't think I'll ever be able to get the image of these children out of my head.

[@gwstuff4174]

Well don’t feel guilty It’s worth it

[@lstofficial3568]

I just found out that chocolate is tasteless and bitter until other additives or ingredients are added to improve the taste.

[@prasundutta1444]

Ted-Ed's last lines are always philosophical

[@oldcowbb]

the history of chocolate is like a box of chocolate

[@mr.salisbury2435]

u never know what you're going to get

[@insertobject4002]

I get that reference

[@marcogarrido3781]

De nada 😎 Sincerely yours, a Mexican.

[@hexwolfi]

Muchas gracias, compañero *disfruta una pizca de chocolate*

[@adeade3978]

I rather thank The winged serpent for dem chocolates

[@tarniabook3076]

Gracias de parte de una española. Disfrutemos del alimento de vuestros antiguos dioses.

[@alondracarreno1376]

Marco Garrido Maz bien De Nada 😎 Sincerely yours, an Aztec descendant

[@marco-boss]

Some videos are about the history of chocolate from the viewpoint of another country. I saw a documentary stating that the Native Americans who discovered chocolate were not smart enough to mix sugar into it. Yet they engineered this great architecture, studied the stars, and created exact calendars many years (if not decades) ahead of their time. Of course, they mixed sugar, honey, and other sweeteners into it. Chocolate was prepared both in its more natural bitter taste and with sweeteners, just like today.

[@pellensanti]

This comment is very rude "were not smart enough"... I love chocolate, but I believe it was much healthier to eat/drink it without sugar...

[@marco-boss]

@@pellensanti __ Thank you for your comment. I believe my comment wasn't written well. I updated the comment hopefully it makes a little bit more sense.

[@soviet-py1bj]

"Kukulkan" that's sounds very familiar

[@painiteeclipse5647]

the KKK?

[@theimmortalemperor3605]

@@painiteeclipse5647 👍

[@pabliux142]

Yet has nothing to do with it

[@meowmers3259]

Chocolate? Chocolate?! CHOCOLATE!!!!!!! CHOCOLATE!!!! *chases Spongebob and Patrick while screaming chocolate*

[@DeAngeloYouKnow]

Me: Eats chocolate bar Me: stops eating chocolate bar and thinks about child labor Me: proceeds to eat chocolate bar because I paid for that damn chocolate bar.

[@deztiwanak3624]

In the Philippines, we used to drink hot chocolate mixed with powdered ginger. We call it in the province as "Tableya and Salabat", this provided a warm drink specially in the cold early mornings or in the chilly evenings. ☕☕☕

[@imenmazhoud3848]

I suddenly felt sick when i reached to the part where millions of children are used Chocolate won't feel the same to me anymore😭

[@skevan6641]

It will dude iiiit wiiiill.

[@LakeNarrow]

You can always buy Fair Trade chocolate

[@user-nq6ln1wv8b]

@@LakeNarrow fair trade is legit stuff

[@Ekenaa]

I mean, just like our phones, our clothes, a lot of anything that's mass produced. This is a global problem.

[@pranavraja1503]

Lol then you are gonna feel sick about everything in your life.

[@quocanh-f9u]

"So as you unwrap your next bar of chocolate, take a moment to consider that not everything about chocolate is sweet" was spoken out with spirit of Buddhism - compassion.

[@ewitsmax5249]

"Not everything about chocolate is sweet" Now that hit me.

[@chihirofujisaki6807]

I believe the drink that your referring with foam is Tejate is from Oaxaca and uses cacao seeds

[@shabloomykazoo6225]

I love how the coins just flew through the air and landed in the hand of the other person 2:50

[@HenrikhWolf]

Aquí en Guatemala en la época antes de la colonización por parte de los españoles el cacao era principalmente utilizado como unidad monetaria

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

Henrikh Wolf el tubo de rojo

[@De_Elias]

Fez-me lembrar das famosas moedas de chocolate

[@h3x131]

Os europeus exploraram toda a America... Pensa em todos os alimentos que esses caras roubaram!! Milho, batata, mandioca, banana, feijão, cacau, inhame e muito mais! PENSA NUM MUNDO SEM MILHO E BATATA! Espero que entendam português!

[@Frank1e.b0i]

Querrás decir México y Guatemala, haha ustedes son como nuestro primo pequeño.

[@brandonbohr.7301]

El maíz también es de Guatemala y México .

[@great567]

So basically we stole everything

[@garrusn7702]

No, that's not how it works.

[@adrianagflores5587]

More like Exploited everything

[@beezyo3042]

David Bow Wow More like, took and made better

[@ashleymoreno3140]

Beezyo 200 but without our things you wouldn’t be able to make anything “better”

[@AI-es4lr]

Yep

[@kiphapinto832]

I read that dark chocolate has metals in it. As in aluminum. I don't recall the detail's but it is definitely something for people to research. Supposedly milk chocolate doesn't have the aluminum in it but dark does. Again, don't recall the reason that was in the article but, again this would need researching.

[@VictorRiley]

Does an authentic Mayan/Aztec cocoa beverage recipe exist somewhere? I'd love to try that!

[@ididntknowshewas1470]

It's Fucking Bitter

[@MelonHere20]

Victor Riley me too actually

[@soyuntrolasomentiroso7008]

Victor Riley just add some chili to your chocolate bar 😂😂

[@juanguillen9409]

Just make yourself an unsweetened chocolate milk with achiote chili powder and some honey lol

[@ryanrodrigues6127]

Child labour should stop once and for all.

[@barccy]

Children working is the way agricultural societies function. The alternatives are child poverty and starvation or enslaving other people to work for them.

[@nemoys_]

Its not that easy unfortunately

[@uhuhuhuhuhuh3537]

It's not that child labor is itself bad, but unsafe child labor, child labor interfering with education, or other ill effects, are problematic.

[@nnn-v6w]

You MacLark yeah you know what they mean..

[@also_arles]

i dont care about the facts it should stop

[@marinap6615]

we also invented gum 💕

[@lunaticcultist9741]

Who's we? Theres no we.

[@kenneth2519]

Whats the relation with chocolate

[@KeybladeMaster64]

Aswell as vanilla

[@luciabri8767]

@@lunaticcultist9741 We Aztecs.

[@kc76543]

“Not everything about chocolate is sweet”, so true! It’d be great to be always aware where our products come from and who worked so hard to make them happen. Honor indigenous communities and farmers around the world 💚✨

[@thomasaquinas2600]

Chocolate is probably the most 'surprising' food there is. If you look at the 'fruit' itself, and then a chocolate bar, it's hard to imagine how one came from the other. Of course, it took the interaction of the people from the New World, together with European touches, to get that chocolate bar, and Milton Hershey to make it affordable and American...

[@lori-jeans5563]

0:13 were'd it go??

[@mr.j8511]

I ATE IT WHILE THE CAMERA WAS ON HER FACE

[@aztatlanarchaeology6364]

Another relevant talk on the history of cacao/chocolate in ancient Mexico and the U.S. Southwest is available: Search on KZbin for "A True History of Chocolate: Cacao in Northwest Mesoamerica and the U.S. Southwest (AD 900-1450)", by Michael Mathiowetz.

[@lmgutie]

Thanks from Mexico! Great to watch a video on this Mesoamerican gem! Now, a few notes: "Quetzalcoatl" is pronounced like "ket-sal-co-atl". The king's name is pronunced like "mock-teh-soomah"

[@saint3047]

The earliest traces of cacao residue date from 1400 B.C. and was found on pottery excavated in Honduras, according to Smithsonian magazine

[@KeybladeMaster64]

Thanks Mexico

[@KevinDedhia11]

Thanks A lot TED for amazing videos....U r doing a great thing by spreading knowledge...plzz upload more videos on such things.... Let the world know it's history...👍

[@faustocordero4159]

Idk but it seems that chocolate originated from Mexico yet lots of people say nothing good comes out from Mexico

[@moreira999]

Fausto Cordero Not just Mexico

[@faustocordero4159]

Moreira 99 then where else? look at any video look it up

[@faustocordero4159]

Christopher Miller so what who invented that's not what I meant where did the plant come from and where was it discovered first that is is why I say it originated in Mexico I mean you can't make chocolate without the plant and yes it does grow I central and South America

[@faustocordero4159]

Christopher Miller your making sound like it's European when it's not

[@hindsight8522]

Fausto Cordero Mexico did not existed back then, idiot. There was no lazy Hispanic eating tacos.

[@salvatorecristiano2030]

the final phrase was very nice:)

[@TienTruongMinh8jn]

I’m really impressed by the direction.

[@OswaldDigestiveClinic]

Thanks for sharing this info! Chocolate sometimes gets a bad rap because chocolate products can include a lot of added sugar. Sometimes, there’s even up to 50g of added sugar in one chocolate bar! For context, the World Health Organization recommends staying under 25 g (or 6 teaspoons) of added sugar per day!

[@cikin_dood7822]

Who found this comment in the future you are absolute genius

[@LovedbyJesus16803]

You need some comments

[@remmoii]

Why

[@GameglitchGG0]

Yay

[@goodmorning4498]

1:52 Some early known uses of "syke"

[@tto0508]

SIIIIIKKE

[@kyber2830]

@@tto0508 DAT DA RONG NUMBA

[@tto0508]

@@kyber2830 OOOOOOOOHHHHHH

[@NhatTungLe-d5y]

It’s a perfect blend of humor and emotion.

[@PokeTubeable]

Mesoamericans: *Here, some choccy juice*

[@rice_and_nuggets]

thanks mesoamerica

[@fernandocastillo1972]

I was in Mexico City. I drank hot cocoa consisting of cacao, chili, sugar and only hot water. It was served frothy and it was delish. The chili taste occurred at the end of the drink, very nice

[@trungnghiem8881]

Covid 19 makes me stay at home so i am listening to this so improve my listening skill

[@nkwebidube2628]

what so chocolate is a type of vegetable

[@LuisCabrera-ll5rn]

nkwebi dube a bean actually

[@Kate1227xdgh]

nkwebi dube no fruit well actually what it is bean grinded up from a fruit then turned into a powder with milk if it's milk chocolate

[@mrmister1657]

nkwebi dube *fruit I think

[@dumptrump5284]

It’s a legume.

[@IceCrossFire]

In short, it is a fruit. The cacao pod is a fruit that contains pulp and seeds (often called beans for their bean shape). The seeds are dark and bitter, where our cocoa powder comes from to make chocolate.

[@emilywillen508]

I’m currently taking an anthropology course in Mesoamerica, and my professor (Cameron McNeil) is an excerpt in Mayan Chocolate; She’s an Archaeobotanist who mainly works at Copan. In Oaxaca, they also have a chocolate festival that offers these drinks, though they’re also available at local marketplaces in different villages/cities. We also know a lot from archeologists, who tested pottery vessel residue to determine cocoa recipes. Cocoa preparation varied as well, such as toasting half of the cacao, & leaving the other half untoasted. There are so many different variations of recipes, such as mixed with coconut and peppery-cinnamon flavored local flowers, fermented fruit juices, or mixed with maize (sometimes with flowers that gave off a lemony taste). Using flowers was a huge component to scenting the chocolate drinks (think how we have rose or violets in some gourmet foods). The Mayans didn’t just use honey, they loved wasp honey, which is still utilized today. Chocolate was also incorporated with foods during the Classic Mayan era, such as tamales with chocolate and fish with chocolate. There were also many variations of the cocoa species. The cocoa with red pods for example was much more flavorful but they take longer to grow, which is why the Spanish did not want to take them back to Europe (less profit). Pataxte, related to cocoa, was actually more sacred in ceremony than cocoa but had a much stronger taste. Pataxte was associated with men and healing, while cocoa was associated with women & death. Actually, the Spanish were warned not to drink Mayan Cocoa drinks because if you excepted the drink, it basically told the Mayans that you agreed to be sacrificed. When someone wanted to buy something from the marketplace, they would bring goods, like farmed produce, to an exchange dealer. There the dealer would give you cocoa pods worth the produce you were trading. Then you can go throughout the market and buy other goods. Sadly, a lot of the variations of cocoa are extinct or endangered, mainly in part by corporate companies using land to grow coffee due to demand. Many indigenous Maya (yes, they’re still around), have had to resort to using coca-cola in chocolate ceremonies and at funerals since it is more available... If you do want to read up more on traditional Mayan chocolate, my professor did contribute to a book called “Chocolate in Mesoamerica: A Cultural History of Cacao.”

[@donguadalucio1405]

I hope your profesor write a book about Olmecan chocolate, or zapotecan chocolate, or Azteca chocolate not only Mayan chocolate. Olmecas used it before mayans.

[@herpyderpy2869]

Chocolate is definitely a gift from the heavens!

[@qoquash6662]

I used this for my school work thank you

[@georgemcintyre4900]

Me too I'm doing online leaning and the teachers recommended this video thank you

[@el_gatoxd7925]

Saludos desde Ecuador C: he encontrado este canal y se ha convertido en uno de mis favoritos. Gracias por los conocimientos que aportan :D. 💗

[@362130245]

Спасибо огромное авторам и всем причасным к созданию этих роликов, один из лучших образовательных каналов на сервисе

[@marcusfigueroa8681]

Everybody can thank mexicans for chocolate lol

[@tormentedangel667]

Marcus Fig you’re welcome mi amigo.

[@britta-perry-apologist]

@Oricand but they cultivated I before anyone else did.

[@fightttttt]

@Arikm7 They found a tree grows a food I guess it makes them even with european decent inventions like rockets,cars,tv,internet,phones,skyscrapers,cell phones,acs,heaters,modern plumbing, and 95% of all other modern technology. Thank you Mexico I hate to think where we would be without you.

[@MrMeme2006]

Guatemala: Am I a joke to you?

[@feetgoaroundfullflapsC]

@@MrMeme2006 YES, YOU ARE... LOL..

[@The_Minute_History]

Such an informative video. Ted-ed never disappoints. Would love to do our own short form take on it

[@ryanmuhammadsyahran5747]

Thanks mexico