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据阿兹台克人(墨西哥的印第安人)的传说,可可树原是生长在上帝的伊甸乐园中的,后来由阿兹台克人从天国携带到地球上。18世纪,瑞典人林奈描述过这种热带的常绿植物,并解释说“可可”一词在希腊语中的意思就是“神的食物”。可可豆经加工后加上糖和香草精或其他调味香料就制成了巧克力。 1519年西班牙冒险家埃尔南多·科尔特斯到达墨西哥,记录了阿兹台克宫廷中的日常生活,回国后向议会报告说:阿兹台克宫廷中每天要喝掉2000杯“巧克力”饮料,那是一种金黄色、多泡沫、味很苦的混合剂,他将带回的一些饮料让议员们品尝,结果一致认为这是一种“令人惊奇的饮料”,并记录道:“当你喝上一杯这种饮
According to the legend of the Aztecs (Mexican Indians), the cacao tree was originally grown in God’s Paradise in Eden and later carried by Aztecs from heaven to earth. In the 18th century, Swedish Linnaeus described this tropical evergreen and explained that the word “cocoa” in Greek means “God’s food.” Cocoa beans are processed into chocolate with vanilla extract or other spices. Spanish adventurer Hernando Cortez arrived in Mexico in 1519 and recorded daily life in the Aztec court. Upon his return to the parliament, he reported that in the Aztec court, 2,000 cups of “chocolate ”The drink, a golden, multi-foaming, bitter mixture that some of the drinks he brought back to the parliament for taste, agreed that it was a“ surprising drink ”and recorded : "When you drink a drink of this kind