Chocolate or chocolate, a food very familiar to us today.
Cocoa tree in Latin America: Sacred and precious as gold
More than 2,000 years ago, people in Latin America discovered and used the cocoa tree.
In the Mayan concept, they believe that cocoa is God’s tree and cocoa beans are a gift from the gods to humans.
As for the Azect people, they even see cocoa beans as a currency, used to exchange goods.
Cocoa beans and the Spanish invasion
In 1492, the Spanish arrived in Central America.
Cocoa became a favorite drink of European aristocrats, and the growing demand for this product caused the Spanish Empire to promote cultivation on plantations in Latin America in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Anecdotes about ‘chocolate love potion’
In their Latin American homeland, the Mayans believed that chocolate could only be made by women.
The most ridiculous and laughable case is the denunciation of Juan de Fuentes – a Spanish husband. He accused his wife Cecilia of casting a spell that made him… lose his manhood.