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Making BITTER Hot Chocolate, 18th-Century Style

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Historical inpreter Brenda Parker describes how enslaved cooks such as Lucy would have grated bars of chocolate into a fine powder for a delicious beverage for the Washingtons and their guests at Mount Vernon. Learn more: https://www.mountvernon.org/chocolate
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