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Mesoamerican ingredient was once holy before it was used as currency. 7:00 am, Feb. 23, 2021 × To be fair, there are foods in several cultures that had a holy place in the hearts of that culture's people. There are other foods that were treated as currency, but I don't know that any of those became so synonymous with love. With every food, there is a time when it was first cultivated or used as food. For chocolate, that was 900 AD. It was the Olmecs at first who began cultivating and harvesting large, football size pods from the trees of Mesoamerica. These pods have around 40 cacao...

Mayan trading canoe off the coast of honduras. he's said to have grabbed both crew and cargo, and brought them back to spain. a few decades later, a spanish conquistador, hernando cortes, came across aztecs using the sacred beans in a drink. it was considered the drink of the gods. like most expensive, delicious things from abroad, the largely inbred and frequently syphilitic european royalty did their best to keep what was fast becoming a craze for hot chocolate to themselves. but it soon found its way to america. and, in 1765, the first chocolate factory opened in new england. chiclayo's mai...

Where does it come from? columbus was the first european to encounter cacao beans on a mayan trading canoe off the coast of honduras. he's said to have grabbed both crew and cargo, and brought them back to spain. a few decades later, a spanish conquistador, hernando cortes, came across aztecs using the sacred beans in a drink. it was considered the drink of the gods. like most expensive, delicious things from abroad, the largely inbred and frequently syphilitic european royalty did their best to keep what was fast becoming a craze for hot chocolate to themselves. but it soon found its way to a...

Stuff. but how is it made? where does it come from? columbus was the first european to encounter cacao beans on a mayan trading canoe off the coast of honduras. he's said to have grabbed both crew and cargo, and brought them back to spain. a few decades later, a spanish conquistador, hernando cortes, came across aztecs using the sacred beans in a drink. it was considered the drink of the gods. like most expensive, delicious things from abroad, the largely inbred and frequently syphilitic european royalty did their best to keep what was fast becoming a craze for hot chocolate to themselves. but...

With over a half a million people living there. it's our next stop, the staging area for our trip to the mountains to find our cacao. chocolate. i mean, we know we like the stuff. but how is it made? where does it come from? columbus was the first european to encounter cacao beans on a mayan trading canoe off the coast of honduras. he's said to have grabbed both crew and cargo, and brought them back to spain. a few decades later, a spanish conquistador, hernando cortes, came across aztecs using the sacred beans in a drink. it was considered the drink of the gods. like most expensive, delicious...