Chocolates - Production
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Chocolate
From Aztec Xocoatl, via Spanish and then French.
- Product of the seeds of the tree Theobroma cacao L.
- A narcotic, native to Venezuela, used by the Mayas and
Aztecs and widely exploited by the 18th Century Spanish Empire.
- A tempered version of the Aztec Xocoatl which is now added
to many confections.
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