28 May 2025 / 8 Alligator
The History of Chocolate
Maya cacao jug iconography animated by Mexicolore
Since we launched our new section on the importance of chocolate in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica in 2014 we’ve added several new treats to enjoy...!
Gifting chocolate on Valentine’s Day?Be sure to learn the story of the Cacao tree...
How can wonderful chocolatebe associated with criminal behaviour?
Recent research shows thatMaya commoners drank cacao too...
Cacao is a healthycomplementary medicine...
How pious offerings of cocoa beansused to make C16 church officials rich...
What were the main ingredientsin Aztec and Maya chocolate?
Many who live in cacao-growing regionsstill prefer drinks based on ancient recipes
Cocoa beans are durable, small and distinctive- ideal for use as small change!
In its long history, cacao was developedas a fermented drink - chocolate beer!
Cacao fruit has been eatenin South America since prehistory...
Cocoa beans were used in Maya ritualsto mark special occasions...
What was Sir Hans Sloane’s rolein bringing chocolate to Britain?
How chocolate came to England -- the role of 17th century spies!
For the ancient Maya, ritually sipping chocolaterecalled the old Maize God’s journey through death and life...
Aztec beanzmeanz money!
Pioneers of ChocolateAztecs thought it was blood of the gods.
Aztec chocolate was a drink for the privileged -never eaten as it is today
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