Chocolates

Chocolate has been used as a drink all of its history.Chocolate is a processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao trees.Chocolate earliest documented use is around 1100 BC.The use of cacao at a site in Puerto Escondido, Honduras, dating from about 1100 to 1400 BC.The Maya civilization grew cacao trees in their back yards. In Maya documents hieroglyphs stated chocolate was used for ceremonial purposes, in everyday life.And used the cacao seeds it produced to make a frothy, bitter drink. Cacao has been cultivated for at least 3 millennia in Mexico and South America.The seeds of the cacao tree have an intense bitter taste, and may be fermented to developed the flavor.The kind of vessel they were found in indicate the initial use of cacao was not simply like as a beverage, but also the white pulp, around the cacao beans was likely used for source of fermentable sugars for an alcoholic drink.