SC - Re: chocolate and period

[margali]

wouldn't it be more appropriate to mention that chocolatl as
a drink was reserved for Moctezuma's use, and the lesser
nobles and commoners used cacao beans as coinage? it was
mentioned that he would drink it as a restorative before
visiting one of his wives...And that Cortez brought back the
recipe for the drink to Spain where it was modified to suit
european tastes.
Margali


> It was Cortes in the court of Moctezuma who discovered the use of
> chocolate as afrodisiac and ceremonial drink. The Aztecd didn´t drink
> chocolate, they used the cacao beans as coins.
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