Uncover the bittersweet story of this ancient treat. Read more at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-brief-history-of-chocolate-21860917/ Ask Smithsonian ...

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Try not to drool while you’re reading this. We have the ancient Maya of Mesoamerica (which was made up of countries in what we now know as Central America, and southern Mexico) to thank for ...

However, it’s not until the Maya people, whose civilisation peaked between 250 and 850 CE, that we find the first evidence of humans consuming chocolate in a more modern form, as a hot drink.

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In Chocolate: History, Culture and Heritage, author Bertram Gordon says hot chocolate became “the beverage of the aristocracy,” as sugar was still a luxury. (Marie Antoinette even had a ...