World Chocolate Day
The 7th of July is World Chocolate Day
A perfect excuse to talk about two things that I love – the Maya and chocolate.
We have the magnificent Maya to thank for the wonder that is chocolate! The Maya were the first people to harvest the cacao bean for the large scale process of making chocolate drinks.
Chocolate is made from the beans of the cacao fruit. The scientific name of the cacao plant, “Theobroma cacao“, means “the food of the gods”.
Cacao originates in the Maya area and was grown mainly in Guatemala. A highly valued product, the bean of the cacao tree when processed, became the chocolate used in chocolate drinks.
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