The History Of Chocolate Documentary

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Where does chocolate come from? Who first made chocolate? The History of Chocolate is a long and interesting story. From its beginnings in Mesoamerica all the way up to Swiss inventors tinkering away with it in cottages in the Alps.
Fuel for the Aztec and European war machines, a catalyst for massive industrial innovation and a tasty treat adored by chocoholics across the globe. It was enjoyed by powerful Emperor’s on both sides of the Atlantic and filled the pockets of enterprising missionaries. With its roots as a spicy and fatty drink in ancient Mesoamerica, how did chocolate eventually become the guilty pleasure of billions?
Let’s find out.
MERCHANDISE
teespring.com/en-GB/stores/co...
SOURCES (Affiliate Links)
The True History of Chocolate (amzn.to/2G080LJ)
Chocolate: A Global History (amzn.to/2DX9VAav)
Other Sources
www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-c...
archive.fieldmuseum.org/chocol...
Cool article about the Fair Trade Mayan chocolate www.theguardian.com/lifeandst...
SLAVERY
Documentary. The Dark Side Of Chocolate
• Documentary. The Dark ...
web.archive.org/web/200702101...
www.foodispower.org/slavery-ch...
COOL VIDEO ON AMBERGRIS
• Ambergris: Why Perfume...
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@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Have you ever tried spicy chocolate? What do you think? I did so when researching this video and it's really delicious :D Also, there appears to be an error at 8:09, that text should read "Cuckoo Clocks ring in the distance"

@jamesbarels469 5 жыл бұрын

Great stuff. And to the idea of spicy chocolate, if it grows together it goes together.

@boringopr4369 5 жыл бұрын

- Cogito - hey I hate to bust your chops but it was reported by national geographic that the cacao trees origins are from HONDURAS

@HUNdAntae 4 жыл бұрын

Every time i tell someone about chilli chocolate, first they don't know about it (even Mexicans!!!!), second, they immediately frown.

@stephaniekeffer319 4 жыл бұрын

Do you know those conspiracy Guys. You sound like them

@AlexaAXAG 4 жыл бұрын

@@HUNdAntae how did u make it? I had to find cocoa nibs to make a more accurate version

@insaneweasel1 4 жыл бұрын

There is a place in Santa Fe New Mexico that makes delicious versions of historical chocolate. Ive tried versions with prickly pear juice and chili's. It is actually delicious and healthy since there is no added sugar.

@survivinggamer2598 4 жыл бұрын

The absence of added sugars does not make it healthy.

@insaneweasel1 4 жыл бұрын

@@survivinggamer2598 Being made from natural ingredients scientifically known to be nutritious and taken in moderation makes it healthy.

@survivinggamer2598 4 жыл бұрын

@@insaneweasel1 If it's nutritious and taken in moderation then it's healthy, but you didn't mention that. But natural ingredients and the abscence of added suagrs do not have to make it healthy.

@AlexaAXAG 4 жыл бұрын

@@survivinggamer2598 lol

@uexkeru 4 жыл бұрын

@@survivinggamer2598 they don't have to, but lucky for us, cacau is pretty healthy

@elcompagenito3250 4 жыл бұрын

History of chocolate? You mean the nectar of the gods.

@JackRackam 6 жыл бұрын

I don't know if it's the especially snazzy scene transitions or what, but I feel like this has got to be your best video yet. The editing and animations were great all around, and you tricked me into caring about a modern issue by luring me in with chocolate and good humor. You fiend.

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Muhaha my plan has worked! Thanks though, this video took a lot of work and I'm happy it's turned out well :D

@RaulFlores-vy7rz 4 жыл бұрын

Chocol or (Xocol) is actually Nahuatl for "bitter". "Xocol'atl" or "Chocolate" actually means Bitter Water

@RaulFlores-vy7rz 4 жыл бұрын

@spim randsley lol

@fog340 4 жыл бұрын

@spim randsley no xocol'atl

@Nista357 4 жыл бұрын

In Serbian language "xocol" is "gorko". Funny similarity xD

@fredriks5090 4 жыл бұрын

Atl = water Suspicious connection to Atlantic ocean, Atlas and Atla.... you know.

@jesseflores9087 4 жыл бұрын

Fredrik S nope

@jesseflores9087 4 жыл бұрын

Slight correction. The origin of the word is Xocolatl; and has complete Nahuatl (Aztec)origin. Xoco- meaning bitter, Atl-meaning water.

@AlbertoFolres 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah a little ignorant this cojo dude

@theodoresmith5272 2 ай бұрын

And the plants originally came from somewhere in greater colombia.

@iammrbeat 6 жыл бұрын

While you did such a great job telling the history of chocolate, I think I'm more concerned about the future of chocolate!

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

It looks like it might have a better future than could have been hoped for only a few decades ago. As long as we don't run out of chocolate things will only get better :D If we do run out though, the chocopocalypse will be devastating.

@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent 5 жыл бұрын

Well if people do not do anything about keeping the world healthy chocolate will be extinct although for rich people that would only be a boon to businesses as rarity breeds profit

@BlueBird-wb6kb 4 жыл бұрын

Wasn't their Hazelnut bars before chocolate? So it's just a copy ?

@apbhere6409 3 жыл бұрын

@@CogitoEdu and after 3years of this comment..we now know after 10yrs it'll cost as much as Gold GG

@AJMerrick 6 жыл бұрын

Your animation has improved massively 😀 Great Video!!

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I may have tried to step up my game after your latest Portugal video. That was some great work!

@19ars92 3 жыл бұрын

Aztecs warriors used xocolatl as rations for war so they get energized before battle The other day I watched this interview of European university exchange Students in Mexico and they were asking them of native dishes of their home countries, the Belgian girl said Chocolate was her native dish 🤣🤣🤣

@19ars92 Жыл бұрын

@@obie2013 Read the name mr ignorant, CHOCOLATE=XOCOLATL A náhuatl (Aztec) word. by that logic “Pizza” a Neapolitan Italian national dish could be from anywhere in the world where they make pizza, as long as they make it different, right? don’t confuse influence with origins.

@katieie-di5si 6 жыл бұрын

finally! the history of the only thing that i’ve ever depended upon

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Chocolate is life

@jabrams6759 3 жыл бұрын

Druggies

@BatCostumeGuy 3 жыл бұрын

@@jabrams6759 Coffees

@neurotransmissions 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! It’s interesting to learn that chocolate has a dark and bitter past.

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I had to refrain from making so many more dark/bitter/sweet/white puns while making this. Although I let a few through :D Congratulations on passing 10K recently!!

@neurotransmissions 6 жыл бұрын

- Cogito - Yeah, I imagine restraint is a good thing when it comes to chocolate puns. Haha. Makes the other ones that much better! Oh, and thanks! 😊

@jeremyjdl713 2 жыл бұрын

The word chocolate actually comes completely from Nahuatl. Xocolatl, it means “bitter water”, since it was literally a bitter dark chocolate drink. I’ve tasted original versions of chocolate down in Mexico and it’s really nice, they sweetened it with honey.

@AshGreen359 4 жыл бұрын

Nestle has always been and still is pure evil.

@thezombiecreeper 4 жыл бұрын

Ash Green Mars: Nyeh heh heh... It’s expansion time

@markcreamer6179 3 жыл бұрын

I've never heard about any of this. What did Nestle do?

@elcompagenito3250 3 жыл бұрын

God isint america great

@thezombiecreeper 3 жыл бұрын

The Rasmat wut

@mahendrawankhade3533 3 жыл бұрын

Because it is not halala that's why it's evil Welome to Islam MashaAllah .

@professorslothingtons7471 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing video, as usual! Loved the animations in this one! Thank you so much for super informative videos that are also funny! Keep it up 😄

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Glad that you enjoyed it :D

@rodrigoolivera2461 6 жыл бұрын

That's the first time I see that etymological theory. From what I know, cacahuatl already means cacao, not cacao plus water, and nahuatl speakers called the beverage xocolatl which means sour water.

@luis_zuniga 6 жыл бұрын

What about making a video about vanilla, also introduced by indigenous Mexicans from the same region 😄

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Vanilla was actually a big part of this video originally because it was used to spice chocolate in both the Americas and Europe. I had to cut it unfortunately for time's shake. But it could definitely be it's own video.

@luis_zuniga 6 жыл бұрын

- Cogito - it deserves it's own video

@RK-cj4oc 2 жыл бұрын

@@CogitoEdu so umhhh... any chance you gon a be making that video? About vanilla? Keep up the great work!

@ziggy8253 6 жыл бұрын

I luv those lil’ Cogitos. So cute.

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

I think you're the first commenter to call them Cogitos :D That is so awesome! Thanks.

@acebalistic1358 4 жыл бұрын

What’s a cogito?

@gothepandap7323 5 жыл бұрын

I am doing a project on Chocolate and this video really helped me out! Thanks so much you beautiful human being!

@Faridun2801 5 жыл бұрын

It's a pity that you have so little views. Your videos are great! Keep up the good work!

@cjthibeau4843 4 жыл бұрын

Another truly informative video in more ways than I thought it would be! Do more on food and culture videos please! Like how things like the taco, pizza, or burger, have global love now

@kapote1972 3 жыл бұрын

Love this chanel so much!great source of information,great animation and it's not boring. Cogito I hope u see this comment love U so much and keep on making great vids! I used this video for an essay and it helped so much!!!

@ProfessorPolitics 6 жыл бұрын

Shoot I don't have 7,000 beans. What can I get with a down payment of 700 and a monthly payment plan? Awesome video!

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

You can get a timeshare jet ski. 5 hours every Wednesday and Sunday it's yours until the beans have beans paid in full

@acebalistic1358 4 жыл бұрын

- Cogito - pun intended?

@Scott-wd1cq 6 жыл бұрын

*scrolls down to see how many millions of view this has* ... 1629 views >.< brilliant writing, deserves more

@acebalistic1358 4 жыл бұрын

Scott it’s 5.2k now

@GeoPerspective 3 жыл бұрын

"No, the other Napoleon" 👍😆 im just after watching it again a few days ago

@MElaughs 3 жыл бұрын

Subscribed for original content with amazing facts. Good work!

@velinix7915 4 жыл бұрын

You did very good on this video I actually learned things. Thanks!

@georgieacero7043 5 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed this! Thank you! I’m writing a paper on The True History Of Chocolate by the Coe couple. It’s such an interesting read!

@Hal_T 8 ай бұрын

What a great channel. I am an instant subscriber.

@xarusman3223 6 жыл бұрын

I just discovered your channel, and ITS AWESOME!!! Keep it up!!

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks :D I'm happy to hear that you enjoy the videos.

@jorooks8678 3 жыл бұрын

I love how many easter eggs there are!!! :P

@MediumDSpeaks 4 жыл бұрын

How the FUCK have I never seen this, I marathon your videos every few months

@DanielGalan 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very well researched

@emilymalden3310 3 жыл бұрын

These videos are very informative and fun.

@mediaofam2608 4 жыл бұрын

This video, that's so great, Thanks so much, Binon Chocolate.

@peubie3457 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video!

@stefanbradianu5103 6 жыл бұрын

Interesting as always

@hiro-be9mv 4 жыл бұрын

Me: **Travels back to a few centuries during the times of the Aztecs** Also me: Hey guys can I have some of the chocolate? Aztecs: The, what? **in their native language**

@jessicalea4957 3 жыл бұрын

This channel is so neat!

@liri8243 4 жыл бұрын

So informative and fun .keep it up and i like your animation Very much

@skpjoecoursegold366 5 жыл бұрын

enjoyed and subscribed.

@xlife975 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, you need more subscribers. Great video. I subscribed to your channel

@pronoob1983 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work, i wanna try that chocolate drink!

@pixxles3123 4 жыл бұрын

thx this vidio was ver helpfull for my school work :)

@minecrafter0502 4 жыл бұрын

This taught me more than my history teacher

@benjiantoniomarcano4956 3 жыл бұрын

Love the nail and gear reference at 6:05

@qualinrobbs3957 3 жыл бұрын

Whole video on chocolate and Hershey didn’t come up once! Love it!

@synthiapowe4937 4 жыл бұрын

Really Good! 🏆

@SmilayBros 6 жыл бұрын

great video, more like these please.

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, there will be more videos like this :D

@dittbub 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible to get an original chocolate drink?

@CogitoEdu 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I had a few in Mexico and I've even seen some offered in cafes here in Ireland. So it's getting easier to find thr original.

@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz3204 6 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks :D Glad you liked it.

@petanikakaopakhaji 8 ай бұрын

helpful information

@HeidiSue60 4 жыл бұрын

No surprise, that about Nestle. They are a company to avoid in all its forms, for SO MANY REASONS. Of course they have managed not to meet the guidelines presented. Glad to see that shout out to Green & Black...my favorite chocolate. And there are lots of fair trade brands available in many stores these days.

@kristinfrostlazerbeams 4 жыл бұрын

I really like your happy little cartoon people and funny music. Lol

@walkingbones88 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video @cogito cacao has had quite a history. Do you also have a video on coffee?

@CogitoEdu 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@manolin2215 5 жыл бұрын

great job

@braincoolo9399 6 жыл бұрын

The Aztecs were Nuts on Chocolate before it was cool

@ALOF_ 4 жыл бұрын

Well we can call it Nut-Bar... "Hehehehe... 'inhales' kill me

@bjorn3923 4 жыл бұрын

BrainCoolo XHOXHLATE!!!!

@cammeted6485 3 жыл бұрын

And even the nuts are Native American as well!

@jennygibbons1258 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent. 🙏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@FreedomsChild1 6 жыл бұрын

excellent work! I would love to see the Ctastrohe of Smyrna, 1922

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I'll look at the Ctastrohe of Smyrna now. That seems like a really cool topic actually.

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

*Catastrophe of Smyrna :P

@m1herrmann160 2 жыл бұрын

3:53 "chorizo fest 1521" lmaorotf and the little things that ya toss in!!! Lol I love the show man keep up the great work!!!

@NutcupKatarina 6 жыл бұрын

Haha very stable marketing genius.

@CogitoEdu 6 жыл бұрын

Much much stability. People say the bestest most stablest of marketing genius'.

@user-hz5sj3ps3k 5 жыл бұрын

thanks pretty good learnt something new

@ALOF_ 4 жыл бұрын

Welp the brown gold is now "Melted" "İncagnito mode has been activated"

@coachcashmoney Жыл бұрын

Love it! Chocolate kisses and the European Christmas Chocolate butter cookie set!

@sharonwoodard1008 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video

@magtovi 3 жыл бұрын

2:28 So Rome had emperors and somehow Tenochtitlan had warlords? Anyway, your videos are always amazing!

@Raechel11 4 жыл бұрын

Liked subscribed and now commented due to the great job you did on this lol that is nothing but maybe it will encourage good content 😉

@CogitoEdu 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much

@fronf 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you mexico! i love chocolate

@zetablackstar2410 4 жыл бұрын

Fry didn't invent solid chocolate. He just figured out how to make Dutch cocoa solid again. Dutch cocoa has a milder taste. To make solid chocolate, you grind up chocolate nibs into chocolate liquour which hardens back into solid chocolate when it cools back down (you can find youtube videos of this process). That's what Baker's Chocolate is. So he just made a chocolate bar that was palatable to Europeans, the first European-style *candy* chocolate bar. This was after Americans were already selling German's Sweet Chocolate, (Which led to German's Chocolate Cake!)

@uzmafakhar5660 3 жыл бұрын

You are genius man

@kevin8712 4 жыл бұрын

Me after watching this video: Whatever you say, Professor Snape. 4:14

@gemsoft2607 3 жыл бұрын

I like the random animations

@BMichaelGalloway 3 жыл бұрын

Stormtrooper in the cavalcade when he talks about the billions who love it now... Jabba the Hutt when he talks about buying a slave for a hundred beans... Just two minutes in and I can tell Cognito is a Star Wars fan! Excelsior!

@brendasmith7285 4 жыл бұрын

i loved it

@jordi2146 4 жыл бұрын

Now this is what I want to learn

@--Paws-- 4 жыл бұрын

Imagine chocolate is as expensive as caviar today.

@acebalistic1358 4 жыл бұрын

I would still buy it

@Lambda_Ovine 4 жыл бұрын

5:18 Yeah, it does not help that the thing is brown either.

@kenjivizsla4949 4 жыл бұрын

Why was there a stormtrooper holding a compact SMG at 0:24 😂

@acebalistic1358 4 жыл бұрын

Actually 0:23 but lol still

@kenjivizsla4949 4 жыл бұрын

@@acebalistic1358 lol

@farmerchick3040 2 жыл бұрын

Iam amazed that while everyone is still outraged about slavery from 100+ years ago they ignore slavery still going on today. Thanks for shining a light on that.

@evertonmiranda2004 Жыл бұрын

You got my like with Napoleon Dynamite.

@gabyleon2811 4 жыл бұрын

12:28 ...COCAINE!!! LOL!! I thought this was about chocolate. Good thing it only lasts about a second because I am using this video to show my kiddos in class XD!!! They won't catch on lol. Works as good humor for this video. This video is so perfect to show and gain students' interest in the subject of Mesoamerican history. Everyone loves chocolate!!

@--Paws-- 4 жыл бұрын

5:56 That's like an attempt to a mole sauce

@okayso1747 5 жыл бұрын

Fair Trade Chocolate is infinitely more delightful and rewarding a treat. It's worth it my friends.

@somratkhan8688 2 жыл бұрын

What Cogito said: Cacahualt. What I heard: KAKAROT!

@anishtiwari1121 4 жыл бұрын

wow...

@PHAD-yp1qw 3 жыл бұрын

7:42 Van Houten is not pronounced van-hoot'n but f-ah-n how-ten. Sorry for crashing the owl reference.

@MinhLe-jv2pu 2 жыл бұрын

I think it your chanel would be an interesting video about history of nutmeg

@arsh4d88 4 жыл бұрын

I kept looking at jumping Mario 😂😂😂

@chadliampearcy 4 жыл бұрын

You didn't mention the other species of cocoa. Outrageous

@tomkelly8827 2 жыл бұрын

The hierarchy that you show at 4:50 is up side down. Otherwise it is a very interesting video. Thanks for sharing

@Vixen-debo 2 жыл бұрын

Im learning while playing games.

@miguelantonioacostadomingu9376 3 жыл бұрын

I Just love your jokes hahahshsja

@jasona522 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. I have been Bench watching your videos add enjoy The content. The only thing I am found that was incorrect is that slavery stopped in 1865 in North America not 1875

@user-go1bv6xp2s 4 жыл бұрын

I love chocolate

@user-go1bv6xp2s 4 жыл бұрын

Chocolate

@TheWhippingPost 5 жыл бұрын

I saw your star wars trooper, Mr. Sneaky Easter Egg Man.

@PennyDreadful1 5 жыл бұрын

5:34 Cosimo "the Turd" de Medici?

@SmartbyDesign 6 жыл бұрын

I shouldn't have watched this without any chocolate in the house... How much did you eat when making this video, you know, for research purposes?

@ingridyoung4174 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this. Instead of paying lip service to our horror of the slavery of people in chocolate trade, let's stand up to be counted - we should only buy Fair Trade chocolate. Write to your favourite chocolate company and request proof of their Fair Trade connections. Those underpaid chocolate plantation workers deserve it.

@khadeejataylor2475 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do the history of wine?

@LoveLove-gw2td 11 ай бұрын

Yes, Xocolatl is the correct spelling of Chocolate in Nahuatl the language of the indigenous Mexicans ( aztecs/ mayans) . The Aztecs gave Cortez the Spanish explorer (who also named California) Xocolatl as a gift Cortez then brought Xocolatl back to Spain/ Europa.