Chocolate consumption was banned by the Jesuits in the River Plate area (Paraguay) in 1677, together with similar substances, indicating that it must have been a temptation to some.
In England in 1770 the use of cocoa bean shells to make a sort of tea was made illegal and officers were allowed to seize and destroy the husks.
In 1673 an MP in England requested the prohibition of Spanish chocolate, brandy, rum, tea, and coffee as sales of home grown beer and ale were suffering. The request was refused, but it sowed the seed for taxation on cocoa, etc., in the 18th C.
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