Coffee and Chocolate

From the beginning of the 18th century, chocolate, another kind of black drink, became popular between the court and the aristocracy. In A Tale of two cities, Dickens depicts aristocrats drinking chocolate as follows: "the first attendant will hold the chocolate jar in front of the sacred adult; the second attendant will use the special gadgets he brings to grind the chocolate into foam; the third attendant provides the napkin that the adult likes; the fourth pours the chocolate juice. The reduction of one attendant will inevitably hurt the dignity of your excellency, which is praised by the heavens. It would be a great shame on his family's shield and emblem to serve him with only three people. "

In many ways, chocolate is like a reflection of the old beverage ideology. Chocolate has no awakening effect and does not bring spiritual pleasure to people. 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 when drinking chocolate, usually lying down or sitting very relaxed in a chair, in contrast to the "sitting state of work" implied by coffee. Although it is a breakfast drink, coffee means the beginning of a busy day, while chocolate represents another day of enjoyment. The drink habits of the two writers may prove the class difference implied by the drink: Goethe, a secret adviser to the Duchy of Weimar, hates coffee and prefers chocolate, while Balzac, a civilian writer, has become the most famous coffee addict in the history of literature. However, this way of life of the aristocracy had to decline with the process of civil society, and the invention of solid chocolate and chocolate powder greatly reduced the cost of chocolate, making it a drink as easy as coffee-but without exciting functions. Finally, because of its rich nutrition, chocolate is classified as children's food / drink in the field of beverage, while coffee strengthens its position in the beverage world day after day, from Europe to America, Asia and even back to Africa. In today's world, everyone needs to be refreshed, whether it's work or pleasure, and everyone needs good taste.