If the Greeks
have ambrosia, Aztecs have the chocolate. Not known to many, this Native American tribe have long been drinking luscious chocolate before Columbus, the American explorer, discovered it sometime in the 15th century. The ancestral drink, the Aztecs call it, is made by roasting cocoa seeds mixed with spices. Only well-off people could afford this drink, which is why chocolate is considered a sacred beverage or god's drink by the Aztecs.
Before turning cocoa seeds into chocolate drinks, the Aztecs used them as money to buy gold. Later, as time went by, the natives found various ways of preparing the chocolate beverage and some of the recipes they prepare are not as sweet or creamy as the chocolates available these days since they taste bitter and spicy. It was even reported that because of the unlikable taste of the chocolate drink, conquerors of the Aztecs found it hard to even take a sip. But, these
Spanish conquerors learned some of their chocolate drinks recipes and made money out of it by traveling the
great European continent. Aristocrats enjoyed chocolate more when they added sugar to it.
