Montezuma
Chocolate
Aztec Preparation
History
100

During what century was Montezuma the leader of the Aztecs?

16th Century (1500s)

100

What is the name of the "Chocolate Bible"? 

The Secret Life of Chocolate

100

What did the Aztecs probably use to make their hot chocolate look like blood? 

Achiote

100

True or False: In general, we should believe that whatever the Spanish wrote about the Aztecs was true?

False (because they had a "hidden agenda") 

200

Was his name really Montezuma? 

No, it was more like Moteuchzuma

200

What are the 6 colors of chocolate that the Aztecs made? 

Green, Red (with blood?), Orange, Rose, Black, and White

200

Did the Aztecs drink hot chocolate cold, hot, or at room temperature? 

Room temperature

200

True or False: Only the elite were allowed to drink chocolate in Aztec times

True

300

Why can't we actually know how to say Montezuma's name? 

Because it's in a language that had different sounds than ours.

300

What do you call the liquid after you grind it really finely?

Cacao Liquor

300

Fill in the Blank: The seller of fine chocolate, she grinds cacao; she crushes them. She separates them. She soaks them. She ads ________ sparingly."

Water

300

At Aztec weddings, what did the newlyweds exchange in place of rings? 

Cacao beans

400

What does Theobroma Cacao (the scientific name for chocolate) mean? 

Fruit of the Gods

400

What are the 5 ingredients for his/our recipe?

(1) Cacao, (2) vanilla, (3) honey, (4) achiote/annatto, and (5) chile/cayenne

400

Fill in the blank: "A cup of this precious drink permits a man to walk for a full day without _________"

Food

500

When the church told the women they would have to give up drinking chocolate in church, what did they give up instead? 

They gave up church

500

What is the name of the process where you remove the shells from the cacao bean? 

Winnowing 

500

Who was the first European to taste chocolate?

Hernan Cortes

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