因为甜味的诱惑,欧洲掀起狂热的殖民运动。可以说,“没有蔗糖就没有黑奴”。蔗糖催生了奴隶贸易,奴隶贸易和对奴隶的剥削让欧洲人积累了大量财富,进而为欧洲的工业革命提供了原始资本。人类天生喜欢甜味。从甘蔗中提取的蔗糖,曾被中世纪的欧洲人看作是灵丹妙药和奢侈品。虽然蔗糖有古老的历史,但仅在近500年才流传开来,并迅速风靡世界。来自异域的糖和咖啡、茶、巧克力一起,不仅改变了欧洲人的饮食和欧洲社会,也催生了资本主 Because of the temptation of sweetness, a feverish colonial movement in Europe. It can be said, “No black slaves without sugar ”. The sucrose spawned the slave trade, the slave trade and the exploitation of slaves enabled the Europeans to accumulate a great deal of wealth, which in turn provided the original capital for the industrial revolution in Europe. Humans naturally like sweetness. Sucrose extracted from sugarcane was once seen by medieval Europeans as a panacea and a luxury. Although sucrose has an ancient history, it has only spread in almost 500 years and has rapidly become popular in the world. Exotic sugar and coffee, tea, chocolate together, not only changed the European diet and European society, but also spawned the capitalist