Did you know that chocolate has been blessing us with its presence for more than 3000 years? The deliciousness dates back 500 years more than previously thought. Here's more courtesy of Cosmosmagazine.com!
"Central Americans were drinking beverages made from the cacao plant before 1000 BC, 500 years earlier than previously thought, say archaeologists.
These early cacao beverages were probably alcoholic brews, or beers, made from the fermented pulp of the cacao fruit, rather than the frothy chocolate-flavoured drink made from the seed of the cacao tree that was such an important feature of later Mesoamerican culture....
The cacao bean played an important role in Mesoamerican civilisation – the native civilisation in parts of Mexico and Central America prior to the Spanish conquest of the 16th century.
The bean was a form of currency in Aztec society, and the frothed chocolate drink made from fermented beans or seeds was central to social and ritual life throughout Mesoamerica."
Read more about the astonishing evolution of our favorite food here!
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