Chocolate

The Cocoa broad bean comes us from South America. The cacoayer produced a fruit indeed that the old Aztec crushed to consume it mixed with water. The Cocoa was introduced on the old continent by the Spanish conquerors in the neighbourhoods of XVIth century to become an appreciated food product throughout the whole world. This cacao was mixed gradually with cane sugar to remove its bitterness and the chocolate started to become a very popular drink then a genuine food.

Why choose the Ile de France to speak about chocolate? Indeed, all the areas of France have their specialities containing chocolate. We can add that there are as many local specialities as chocolate sellers in France. And if the Basque Country with the town of Bayonne was one of the first centres of the chocolate production, it's also well known that Paris and its area conceals true artists who make of this delight an unceasingly renewed pleasure.