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Where did chocolate come
from
And how to make Mayan
Chocolate!
 Where did chocolate come
from?
• The first people to make chocolate were the ancient
mesoamerican tribes of Mexico and Central
America, including the Incas, Aztec and Mayans.
They mixed ground cacao, or kah-kow seeds with
seasonings to make a spicy, drink called chocolatl. It
was rather bitter however, so the Spaniard
conquistadors, who had been served this drink by
the Aztec Emperor, Montezuma, decided to add
sugar cane to the drink to create a drink more
palateable to European tastes. It was not until the
late 1700s that the first form of solid chocolate was
invented by a frenchman, Doret who designed a
machine to crush the beans and mix and blend the
chocolate paste. In 1780, an entrepreneur began
the mechanical production of chocolate in Bayonne.
In 1819 François Louis Cailler opened the first Swiss
chocolate factory on the banks of Lake Leman (Lake
Geneva) and there produced the first bar of
chocolate in history.
 How to make MAYAN
chocolate
• You will need
• 1 cup water
• 1/3 cup unsweetened chocolate chips
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
• Honey
• 2 large, microwave-safe mugs
• small, microwave-safe mixing bowl
• A bleander
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• Instuctions
• 1 In the microwave, melt the chocolate until
it’s smooth and runny. Don’t overcook it. It
is best to heat chocolate slowly – 20
seconds, then stir. Repeat as necessary. Set
aside.
• 2 Heat the water in a mug.
• 3 Pour the melted chocolate into the mug of
hot water. Stir until well mixed.
• 4 Add cinnamon, vanilla and chili powder. And
stir it in.
• 5 Sweeten with a drop of honey.