The relationship between Coffee and Chocolate

Beginning in the early 18th century, another dark drink, chocolate, became popular among courts and aristocrats. Dickens described the aristocrat drinking chocolate in A Tale of Two Cities as follows: "The first servant will hold the chocolate pot before the holy lord; the second servant will use the special small tools he brought to grind the chocolate into foam; the third servant will present the napkin that the lord likes; the fourth will pour chocolate juice." To cut off one attendant would inevitably hurt the dignity of your excellency, which is praised by all heaven. It would be a great shame on his family coat of arms if only three people served him chocolate."

In many ways chocolate is like a throwback to the old drink ideology. Chocolate had no sobering effect and could not bring people spiritual pleasure. On the contrary, until the end of the 18th century, there was a popular view that chocolate had an aphrodisiac effect. As Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities, aristocrats must be served while drinking chocolate, usually lying down or sitting very relaxed in a chair. This is also in contrast to the "sitting work state" implied by coffee. Although coffee is also a breakfast drink, coffee means that a busy day has begun again, and chocolate means that it is just another day of enjoyment. The drinking habits of the two writers may prove the class difference implied by the drink: Goethe, Privy Councillor of Weimar, hated coffee and loved chocolate, while Balzac, a commoner, became the most famous coffee addict in literary history. But this aristocratic lifestyle also had to decline with the progress of civil society. The invention of solid chocolate and chocolate powder greatly reduced the cost of chocolate, making it as simple as coffee-but without exciting functions. Finally, chocolate is classified as a children's food/drink in the beverage category because of its nutritional content, while coffee strengthens its position in the beverage world day by day, from Europe to America, Asia and even back to Africa. In today's world, whether it is work or pleasure, everyone needs to be refreshed and everyone needs good taste.