The cocoa bean was first domesticated at least 5,300 years ago in what is present-day southeast Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe Province) by the Mayo-Chinchipe culture, before being introduced in Mesoamerica. Originally prepared as a drink, chocolate was served as a bitter liquid, mixed with spices or corn puree.
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Dec 14, 2017 · The history of chocolate and its creation from cocoa beans can be traced from the xocolatl-loving Olmec, Maya and Aztecs of Mexico to the ...
The ancient Olmec people of Mesoamerica (what's now Mexico and Central America) begin using cacao seeds—also called cocoa beans—to brew warm, flavored drinks.
From the land where money grows on trees. Long before Europeans began their love affair with chocolate, the Olmecs, Mayans and Aztecs were enthralled by cacao ...
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Dec 6, 2019 · The history of chocolate began with the Maya, who were probably the first people in South America to cultivate the cocoa plant [1]. For the ...
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The history of chocolate begins its 4,000 years of history in ancient Mesoamerica, present day Mexico and the birthplace of chocolate. It's here that the first ...
2000 BC, Amazon: Cocoa, from which chocolate is created, is said to have originated in the Amazon at least 4,000 years ago.
When the Aztecs conquered the Maya, they kept the chocolate tradition alive. From about 1200-1500, the Aztecs dominated the region and continued using cacao as ...
The history of chocolate begins with the discovery of the first cacao plants in Mesoamerica about 4,000 years ago. From there, chocolate had to travel to Spain ...