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| 1732 The French artisan Debuisson invents a table to grind cocoa. It still needs | ||
| manpower but it makes the processing more efficient and the hard work a little more comfortable. | ||
| 1737 The cocoa tree gets an official Latin botanical name from Linnaeus: Theobroma | ||
| cacao. The name refers to the mythical background of the tree and means literally: "cocoa, food of the gods". | ||
| 1747 No Hawkers | ||
| In the year 1747, Frederick the Great forbids all manner of hawking, especially the hawking of chocolate. | ||
| 1765 Although cocoa originates from the Americas, the United States only | ||
| got to know chocolate in 1765. It was John Hannon - an English state commissioner - who first introduced it there. Together with Dr. James Baker, they built the first chocolate factory in Massachusetts. | ||
| 1778 In France, Doret built the first machine that automatically ground cocoa beans. | ||
| 1780 First Factory | ||
| About the year 1780, the first machine-made chocolate is produced in Barcelona. | ||
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