Chocolate tax in old documents also (according to the Italian) Ciaccolata-Taxe (levy on chocolate)

In some German territorial states, a special charge on market transactions of chocolate. The basic ingredient cocoa [pronunciation in Germany mostly two-syllable Ka-Kau, in Switzerland and southern Germany three-syllable Ka-ka-o] – coming to Europe from South America via Spain and the Netherlands – was also seen as a means of stimulating and strengthening the sex drive (aphrodisiac agent). Chocolate was therefore sold in pharmacies in some areas until the 18th century. – See Akzisant, Biergeld, Brotlizent, Detz, Krügergeld, Octroi, Verzehrgeld, Ungeld, Zehnt.

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