Lokacin da abubuwan shan cakulan suka shahara, toshe abin sha cakulan ya bayyana.An ce Lascaux wani dan kasuwa dan kasar Sipaniya ne ya fara kirkiro wannan aikin wanda ya yi nasarar sarrafa wani dan kasuwar shan cakulan.Yana da matukar wahala a dafa.Saboda haka, ya ji cewa idan zai iya gama bikin ranar haihuwar kuma ya so ya ci, zai iya ɗauka tare da shi, wani lokaci yana karya shi a kowane lokaci.Idan ya so ya sha, zai iya rama shi cikin sauki ta hanyar shan ruwan da ba ya dadewa ya watsa da ruwa.Bayan hanyoyi da yawa da yunƙurin litattafai, ta hanyar fassarar da bambancin abin sha na cakulan, a ƙarshe za mu iya ƙaddamar da ƙwayar cakulan na magana.

A shekara ta 1826, wani ɗan ƙasar Holland Van Hoten ya yi nasarar shawo kan hanyar da ake hakowa don raba man shanun koko da waken koko, kuma ya murƙushe ƙwayar koko mai kyau don samar da foda.A shekara ta 1847, wani ya ƙara man koko da sukari zuwa abubuwan sha na cakulan kuma ya sami nasarar samar da cakulan nan take, sandunan cakulan da aka shirya.

A cikin 1875, Swiss ta kara madara zuwa cakulan don yin cakulan madara tare da laushi mai laushi da dandano mai sauƙi.Bayan haka, irin wannan cakulan ya kasance da yawa kuma ya zama muhimmin nau'in cakulan, kuma Switzerland kuma ta zama kasar cakulan.

Dangane da sinadarai daban-daban, an raba cakulan zuwa cakulan duhu, cakulan madara da cakulan fari, kuma launi ya bambanta daga duhu zuwa haske.Dark cakulan yawanci yana da babban abun ciki na foda koko, ƙarancin abun ciki na sukari, da ɗanɗano mai ɗaci;farin cakulan ba shine ainihin cakulan ba domin ba ya ƙunshi foda na koko, amma yana da cakuda man koko, sukari da madara;madara cakulan ana ƙara Madara kayan abinci.