Criollo can be pinpointed as the original cocoa from which all other varieties have been developed. The Aztecs once traded Criollo fruit as money, and alcoholic beverages were made from ...

cocoa. For the Mayans and Aztecs, powdered cocoa beans were an everyday staple. From there, through Christopher Columbus and ...

which is what Aztecs called the beans chocolate is made from. It’s thought that English traders misspelled cacao when they brought the beans home, and so cocoa stuck. 1 bean = 1 ripe avocado 4 ...

Traditional hot cocoa comes in classic traditional or Aztec (with cinnamon and chili), but the real attraction here is sipping chocolate, made with 60% Callebaut chocolate melted into milk so that ...

The Aztecs and Mayans of ancient Mesoamerica initially consumed cocoa beans as part of a sacred, bitter drink reserved for their elite. This practice eventually made its way to Europe in the 16th ...

In fact, the Aztecs valued the beans so much that they used them as currency: a hundred beans bought a turkey or a slave, and taxes were paid in cocoa beans to Aztec emperors. They prized Xocolatl ...