Happy Valentine's Day: Knowing History This Day Celebrates with Chocolate

Private chocolatiers were brought to Versailles when Marie Antoinette married Louis XVI in 1770. She made chocolate with orchid bulbs for strength, chocolate with orange blossoms considered to be soothing, or sweet almond milk to aid digestion.

Madame de Sevigne wrote about the abundance of chocolate consumed at Versailles in 1671 in France; Louis IV drank chocolate every day, and Madame du Barry used chocolate and amber to increase desire.

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11 Mei 2026