I ka wā i kaulana ai nā mea inu kokoleka, ua ʻike ʻia kahi poloka inu kokoleka.Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ua hana mua ʻia kēia e Lascaux, he kanaka pāʻoihana Paniolo i hoʻokō pono i ka mea kūʻai inu kokoleka.Paʻakikī loa ka kuke ʻana.No laila, manaʻo ʻo ia inā hiki iā ia ke hoʻopau i ka keke lā hānau a makemake ʻo ia e ʻai, hiki iā ia ke lawe pū me ia, i kekahi manawa e uhaʻi i kēlā me kēia manawa.Ke makemake ʻo ia e inu, hiki iā ia ke hana maʻalahi me ka lawe ʻana i kahi wai kū a holoi ʻia me ka wai.Ma hope o nā ʻano hana a me nā hoʻāʻo hou, ma o ka wehewehe ʻana a me ka ʻokoʻa o ka inu kokoleka, hiki iā mākou ke unuhi hope i ka poloka kokoleka o ka ʻōlelo.

I ka makahiki 1826, ua lanakila kekahi Dutchman Van Hoten i ka lawe ana i ke ano ohi no ka hookaawale ana i ka pata koko mai ka popo koko, a ua wawahi i ka nui koko maikai e hana i ka pauda koko.I ka makahiki 1847, ua hoʻohui kekahi i ka pata koko a me ke kō i loko o nā mea inu kokoleka a ua hoʻopuka maikaʻi ʻia nā makaleka hikiwawe, nā pahu kokoleka mākaukau hoʻi.

I ka makahiki 1875, ua hoʻohui ka Swiss i ka waiū i ke kokoleka e hana i ka waiū kokoleka me kahi ʻano palupalu a me ka ʻono māmā.Ma hope o kēlā, ua hana nui ʻia kēia ʻano kokoleka a lilo i ʻano nui o ke kokoleka, a ua lilo ʻo Switzerland i ʻāina kokoleka.

Wahi a nā ʻano mea like ʻole, ua māhele ʻia ke kokoleka i ke kokoleka ʻeleʻele, ka kokoleka waiū a me ke kokoleka keʻokeʻo, a ʻo ke kala mai ka pōʻeleʻele a i ka mālamalama.He kiʻekiʻe ka nui o ka pauda koko, ka haʻahaʻa o ke kō, a me ka ʻono ʻawaʻawa;ʻAʻole ia he kokoleka maoli ke kokoleka keʻokeʻo no ka mea ʻaʻole i loko o ka pauka koko, akā he hui pū me ka pata koko, ke kō a me ka waiū;hoʻohui ʻia ka waiū kokoleka Mea ʻai waiū.