Aztec chocolate

The cacao plant family "Theobroma" translates to "food of the Gods," suggesting the mysterious and divine qualities of chocolate. Chocolate was a symbol of life and fertility throughout pre-colonial Mesoamerica. Xocolatl was a luxurious and traditional Aztec drink which was used in religious ceremonies by priests and noblemen in ancient Aztec civilizations. Unlike modern hot chocolate, which is...(VK-P+)

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Mesoamericans were making beverages from cacao before 1000 BC. Chocolate was an essential component of all important ceremonial and social occasions among the Aztecs and their Mesoamerican neighbors.

The Aztec made a bitter chocolate drink. A 17th-century illustration shows an Aztec man with containers of chocolate, above, and cocoa beans from the cacao tree, below.

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man holding a cacao bean, Aztec sculpture, National Antropology and History Museum of Mexico

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