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Daniel Peter - Wikipedia

When Peter came up with the process of making milk chocolate in 1857, he had a problem with removing the water from the milk, which caused mildew to form. It was not until he enlisted the cooperation of M. Henri Nestlé, then a en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pe…

baby-food manufacturer who had invented a milk-condensation process, that finally, in 1875, after seven years of effort, he was able to bring the product onto the market. Later, in 1879, the two men formed a partnership that organised the Nestlé Company, eventually one of the

largest of Europe-based confection industries, into existence. He died on 4 November 1919 in Vevey, Switzerland.

During his time in the Caribbean, Sloane visited several islands and collected more than 1,000 plant specimens as well as large supplies of cacao and Peruvian bark

from which he later extracted quinine to treat eye ailments. Sloane noted about 800 new species of plants, which he catalogued in Latin in his Catalogus Plantarum Quae in Insula Jamaica Sponte Proveniunt (Catalogue of Jamaican Plants), published in 1696. His first writings

about his trip appeared in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, in which Sloane described Jamaican plants such as the Pepper Tree and the coffee-shrub, alongside accounts of the earthquakes that struck Lima in 1687 and Jamaica in 1687/1688 and 1692.

Numismatics constituted an important part of the 1753 bequest of Sir Hans Sloane which formed the British Museum's original collection, comprising some 20,000 objects.[2] The collection was incorporated into the Department of Antiquities in 1807, before the establishment of a

separate Coins and Medals department in 1860-1.

After defeating Montezuma's warriors and demanding that the Aztec nobles hand over their valuables, Cortés returned to Spain in 1528, bringing cocoa beans and chocolate drink making equipment with them.[11] At this time, chocolate

still only existed in the bitter drink invented by the Mayas.[4] Sweet hot chocolate and bar chocolate were yet to be invented. After its introduction to Europe, the drink slowly gained popularity. The Imperial Court of Emperor Charles V soon adopted the drink, and what was then

only known as "chocolate" became a fashionable drink popular with the Spanish upper class. In the late 17th century, Sir Hans Sloane, president of the Royal College of Physicians, visited Jamaica. There, he tried chocolate and considered it "nauseous", but found it became more

palatable when mixed with milk. When he returned to England, he brought the recipe with him, introducing milk chocolate to England.[17] The aristocratic nature of the drink led to chocolate being referred to as "the drink of the gods" in 1797.

Back when chocolate was first taking root in popularity it was opposed by the Catholic church.[40] It was seen to lack the ability to break fast, seeing as it was consumed in its liquid form.[40] Coffee was the other popular trend which was seen as good for the body but bad for

the mind. Chocolate began being consumed as a way to replenish one's body from the effects that coffee caused. It was said to nourish one's body and potency.[