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Timeline

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Place	Locale	Event
1519/00/00			Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes encounters cacao beans and the cold-grinding technique at the court of Aztec Moctezuma II.
1528/00/00			Hernadez Cortes brings the first major shipment of cacao beans, along with metates, the volcanic-stone grinding slabs of the Aztecs, back to the Spanish Royal Court.
1828/00/00			Dutch chemist Coenraad van Houten invents a press to separate cocoa butter from solids, creating cocoa powder.
1847/00/00			English candy maker Fry and Sons mix extracted cocoa butter with cocoa solids and sugar, creating the world's very first mass-market solid eating bar.

Food Taste	Sweet