Drinking chocolate, a royal habit

Table setting with collection pieces related to chocolate drinking (c. 1770-1780) in the Private dining room . Exploring the origins, evolution and economic issues of chocolate consumption.

PSML/Emigus

In the in the Private dining room the table is set so as to display the various collection items interrelated with chocolate, with its history and habits illustrated through interpretative exhibition displays.

The royal habit of drinking chocolate became popular in the late 17th century. The European courts then adopted new utensils for the serving of this beverage, including chocolate pots in silver and porcelain. There are various references to the purchase of “xicolate” for the dinners, suppers and refreshments in the Palace of Queluz during the reign of Queen Maria I, destined for the tables of “royal persons”

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