Chemical residues found on ancient pottery suggest cocoa was used as a food, drink or medicine by indigenous people living in what is now Ecuador. Until now it was thought that chocolate ...
The earliest records state that to make the drink, cocoa beans were ground and mixed ... visited Tenochtitlan, the ancient capital of the Aztecs. King Moteuczoma greeted the visitor by pouring ...
We have the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica ... he invented the ‘cocoa press’, which could separate the fat from a cacao bean, leaving behind a fine powder. This powder was much more tasty ...
Based on archeological finds, it’s thought that people from Ecuador’s ancient ... to drink. The problem was, the children thought milk was too babyish and wouldn’t touch it. So cocoa butter ...