Ancient Treat
They were the first to plant the beans of wild cocoa trees.
Mayans
How many pounds of chocolate does the person eat each year?
11 pounds
In 1942, who became the first European to sail to the Americas?
Christopher Columbus
How many months does it take for the cocoa pod to grow?
4 months
Both the ______ and the ______ used cocoa beans to make a drink called__________.
Mayans, Aztecs, chocolatl
Cacoa trees grow where?
Rain forest
The Spanish use a mixing stick called a ________ to whip up the thick foam on top of their chocolatl.
molinillo
Cocoa pods are ripe in ________ month(s) of growing the size of melons.
1
Who collected taxes from the people in the form of cocoa beans?
Aztecs
There are _____ beans in a cocoa pod.
40
Cocoa beans and sugar were imported from where?
from the tropical rain forest in Central America.
What color are the blossoms on a cocoa tree?
pink and white
Chocolatl means..............
bitter water
When is a cocoa pod ready to be picked from the cocoa tree?
When the pods change colors, ranging from yellow to dark red.
Why did it take 100 years for the secret of chocolate to spread to other parts of Europe?
Spainish did not want to share the delights of drinking chocolate.
Only a fraction of the hundreds fo blossoms develop into cocoa pods. True or False
True
_________ was served only on special occasions.
Chocolatl
How many years does it take for a cocoa tree to mature before pods start growing?
4 years
What is the legend being told?
Spanish ship carrying cocoa beans was attacked by pirates. They thought the beans were sheep droppings and burned them.
"Theobroma cacao" means......
Food of the gods