Coffee and chocolate...is there anything else in the world so beloved? In this series we’re going to take an in-depth look at the incredible parallels between the worlds of coffee and chocolate. Coffee and chocolate have been consumed everywhere humans venture - Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the earth had a tube of chocolate sauce as part of his rations, and thanks to some inventive people in Italy, astronauts can now enjoy an “authentic Itallian espresso” at the International Space Station. Widespread cultivation of coffee throughout the Americas, Africa, and Asia, aided by extremely cheap (or slave) labor enabled a cup of coffee to be within the means of almost everyone in the Western World by the 1700s. The application of Industrial Age machinery in the early 1800s brought chocolate to the masses at an affordable price that allowed even the poorest to consume the delectable treat somewhat regularly. Now, travel just about anywhere in the world and you’ll be sure to encounte...