Preparing Cacao the Maya Way
history of chocolate
It has been suggested that the Spaniards
coined the word using the Maya
word chocol and replacing the Maya
term for water which was haa with
the Aztec word atl, therefore the
word chocolate. It is more likely
the term was created by the Aztecs
who had used the familiar Mayan
word for the "cacao" bean. The
first reports of chocolate to the
known world were when Cortes
reported the drink known as
xocolatl to the Spanish King.
history of chocolate
