According to Erotic Cuisine, the Aztecs considered the frothy drink they made from cacao seeds to be highly aphrodisiac. It is well known that the Aztec ruler Montezuma, was served many goblets ...

The Aztecs in particular revered the drink - they gave it to victorious warriors after battle, would use it during religious rituals, and even used cacao beans as currency. To them, cacao beans ...

and Aztecs. The first recorded use of cacao was not for the sweet, creamy chocolate we are familiar with today but for a bitter beverage and perhaps even an alcoholic drink produced from the ...

Chocolate itself first began as Xocolatl, or “bitter water,” a spiced drink made from ground cacao beans, chiles and spices that originated with the Aztecs and Mayans. Xocolatl “was mostly ...

It also states that for the Maya, chocolate was a cocoa drink prepared with hot water ... at the table of Emperor Moctezuma II by the Aztecs. In 1502, Christopher Columbus was the first European ...

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 ...

The Doctor uses cocoa beans to make a nice hot drink for his new lady friend, Cameca. Unfortunately, he wasn’t aware of the significance of his act of kindness in Aztec culture and later ...

This drink was reserved for use in ceremonies as well as for drinking by the wealthy and religious elite. The Aztecs of central Mexico attributed the creation of the cacao beans to their god ...