Did you know that in the beginning, our favorite chocolate drink was found to be a cold bitter beverage? The Central American Indians called this cold sugarless drink “cacahuati.” It comes from a finely ground roasted shelled beans of cacao, or cocoa tree. Carolus Linneaus, a Swedish botanist and taxonomist, gave cacao its scientific name Theobrama cacao, which means “cacao, food of Gods,” in Greek.
How do we make chocolates out of these beans of a cacao tree? As these beans are ground, a free-flowing ‘juice’ called chocolate liquor is obtained. This is where all kinds of chocolate products come from. In the early 1500s, Spanish explorers found this cold beverage too bitter that’s why they sweetened it with sugar and preferred to serve it hot instead of cold. The Indians, on the other hand, called it “chocolati” to differentiate it with the cold beverage “cacahuati.” ‘Choco’ for warm and ‘lati’ for beverage.
How do we make chocolates out of these beans of a cacao tree? As these beans are ground, a free-flowing ‘juice’ called chocolate liquor is obtained. This is where all kinds of chocolate products come from. In the early 1500s, Spanish explorers found this cold beverage too bitter that’s why they sweetened it with sugar and preferred to serve it hot instead of cold. The Indians, on the other hand, called it “chocolati” to differentiate it with the cold beverage “cacahuati.” ‘Choco’ for warm and ‘lati’ for beverage.
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