What is chocolate? It`s the chocolate gift for us, discovered 2,000 years ago. In Americas tropical rainforest's where was cacao trees. We think, that chocolate was allways sweet candy, But really at first chocolate was bitter beverage made of cacao. The Maya took the "chocolate tree" - cacao from the rainforest's and grew them near own home. The old chocolate drink (recipe of Maya) was made of roasted and ground cacao seeds mixed with cornmeal, chili peppers. Spicy chocolate beverage. If you want something bitter you can try this chocolate drink ;)

Then chocolate - cacao grow up - become a chocolate money for Aztec. Chocolate - cacao seeds that is charge for citizens. Aztecs also consumed their chocolate drink with spices.

In Maya and Aztec life - drinking chocolate was also religious religious events. Priests presented cacao seeds as offerings to the gods and served chocolate drinks during sacred ceremonies.