Chocolate has been cultivated in mesoamerica for about three millennia, mesoamerica being Mexico and Central America. The Aztecs and Mayans cultivated chocolate and even made drinks out of it. This Mayan glyph represents the cocoa bean. read more
Chocolate was discovered, invented and created in Mexico. The facts: Mesoamerican people from actual states of Veracruz and Tabasco, discovered the seeds of cacao (Theobroma cacao) 4 000 to 5000 years ago. read more
Fermented beverages made from chocolate date back to 350 BC. The Aztecs believed that cacao seeds were the gift of Quetzalcoatl, the god of wisdom, and the seeds once had so much value that they were used as a form of currency. Originally prepared only as a drink, chocolate was served as a bitter, from a liquid, mixed with spices or corn puree. read more