I love chocolate 🤎
Did you know that chocolate
is the most popular sweet treat in the
world? 🍫🙌🏻
The story of chocolate begins with a tree, a small tree of the tropical
understory. In 1735 Linnaeus designated this tree Theobroma cacao, a
scientific name that handily links two ancient cultures a world apart.
Theobroma, the genus name, is from the Greek and translates to “food of
the gods,” a designation that chocolate-lovers would agree is befitting.
Although Linnaeus was reputedly fond of chocolate, he would have been
familiar with early Spanish writings describing the Mayan and Aztec
beliefs that cacao was a gift from the gods. Cacao is the Mayan root
word retained by the Spanishcolonizers of Mesoamerica to describe the
tree and its products.
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