The Story of Chocolate
Like Duolingo, but for The Story of Chocolate. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo turns The Story of Chocolate into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where The Story of Chocolate takes you
Follow the journey of chocolate from a bitter ancient drink to the world's favorite sweet treat. Discover how a simple bean changed history and conquered our taste buds.
- 1
The Ancient Roots of Cocoa
- The Spicy Drink of the Gods
- Using Beans as Money
- How the Aztecs Drank Chocolate
- The First European Encounter
- 2
Chocolate Conquers the World
- Adding Sugar in Spain
- The Secret Recipe Spreads
- Fancy Chocolate Houses in London
- The Invention of the Cocoa Press
- Making the First Chocolate Bar
- The Secret to Smooth Milk Chocolate
- 3
Modern Chocolate Culture
- How Chocolate is Made Today
- Why We Give Chocolate for Love
- The Future of the Cocoa Bean
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
How would your mouth feel after sipping a cup of very old-fashioned chocolate?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
You pick the voice
The Story of Chocolate is taught in the Explain Like I'm 5 style: no big words. promise.. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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