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‘Not just for the gods’Research in 2022 shows that cacao was widely consumed by people at ALL levels of Maya society.Learn more... |
Be sure to learn the story of the Cacao tree...
be associated with criminal behaviour?
Maya commoners drank cacao too...
complementary medicine...
used to make C16 church officials rich...
in Aztec and Maya chocolate?
still prefer drinks based on ancient recipes
- ideal for use as small change!
as a fermented drink - chocolate beer!
in South America since prehistory...
to mark special occasions...
in bringing chocolate to Britain?
- the role of 17th century spies!
recalled the old Maize God’s journey through death and life...
meanz money!
Aztecs thought it was blood of the gods.
never eaten as it is today