 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Dhayi yeCochineal yaishandiswa nevanhu vechiAztec nevaMaya vokuNorth neCentral America kare kare muzana remakore rechipiri B.C.E. Maguta gumi nerimwe akakundwa naMontezuma muzana ramakore rechi 15 aibhadhara mutero wegore negore wemachira 2000 akashongedzwa ekotoni nemasaga 40 edhayi yecochineal rimwe nerimwe. Kugadzirwa kwecochineal kunoratidzwa muCodex Osuna. Munguva yekoloni, kugadzirwa kwecochineal grana fina kwakawedzera nokukurumidza. Yakagadzirwa muOaxaca chete nevagadziri vomunzvimbomo, cochineal yakava chinhu chechipiri chinokosha zvikurusa chokuMexico chinotengeswa kunze kwenyika pashure pesirivha. Nokukurumidza pashure pokukunda kweSpain Umambo hweAztecMuna 1700, yakatanga kutengeswa kuSpain, uye muzana remakore rechi17 yakanga yava kutengeswa kure seIndia. Dhayi yacho yaidyiwa muEurope yose uye yaikosheswa zvikuru, mutengo wayo waiverengwa nguva dzose paLondon neAmsterdam Commodity Exchanges neyokupedzisira ichitanga kuinyora muna 1589. Muna 1777, nyanzvi yezvirimwa yokuFrance Nicolas-Joseph Thiéry de Menonville, achizviti chiremba wezvirimwa, akapinza zvisiri pamutemo zvipembenene nemapedhi eOpuntia cactus kuSaint Domingue. Iyi muunganidzwa chaiwo wakakundikana kubudirira uye pakupedzisira wakafa, uchisiya kutonga kweMexico kusina kukanganiswa. Pashure peHondo yeMexico yeRusununguko muna 18101821, kutonga kweMexico cochineal kwakaguma. Kugadzirwa kukuru kwecochineal kwakaoneka, zvikurukuru muGuatemala neCanary Islands; iyo yakarimwawo muSpain neNorth Africa. 