because it was all knowing Becuase it was all know n ppl like it
because it was precious
they didn't
South America is a big place you know, with a lot of peoples. There is coffee, sugar, soy, orange, cacao, maize, wheat, rice, bean... and much other.
my name is Hatsune Miku I'm a famous Japanese pop singer. The Mayan used chocolate to trade and buy stuff with. Doesn't everyone know what chocolate is made of? the Mayan use lots of chocolate for money. if you don't believe me the call this number. 907-742-1770
cacao
They didn't have sickles.
boats
it was important because only rich people get to drink chocolate or cacao i think they use the cacao for money back then
they traded with cacao beans because they needed money to trade with so they decided to use cacao beans as there money they needed something to trade with so they used cacao beans they also used cacao beans to make chocolate they ate cacao beans to.
It it made from cacao. Usually, chocolate contains about 70% cacao. The percentage of Cacao of a bar is determined by the amounts of these two products of the cacao bean, the fat and the flavor, combined under the official heading Chocolate Solids, or Cacao Solids. One of the main differences in taste and texture between brands of bars is how much of each they use. Chocolate has cacao paste and cacao butter in it also along with sugar.
Cacao (or cocoa) beans are the seeds of an Amozonian fruiting tree. The Mexican Mayan kings would drink up to 30 pure chocolate drinks per day to maintain their vigour and valued the bean so highly that it was used as money. Theobroma cacao means 'food of the Gods'. the bean has 400 flavour compounds, which gives it 200% more flavour than any other food. If you eat the beans raw (buy from Health Food stores) you peel the bean first - it tastes very bitter. Very hard to get used to, and you can only nibble on it! Great to use crushed into smoothies or grind into coffee. http://www.powersuperfoods.com/cacaopower/cacaofacts.html
Maya used cacao beans as a form of money, which were valued for their use in trade and as a form of currency. These cacao beans were also used in religious ceremonies and were a symbol of wealth and power in Maya society.
Cacao Beans. Not to be confused with cocoa beans.
who introduced the cacao beans to the Aztecs
the Aztecs used to eat cocoa beans before war to gain strength. they also used it instead of money.
Theobroma cacao (Cacao Tree) is the tree from which the Cacao bean comes. Cacao beans are found inside the "fruit" of the tree, pods about the size of a football. Cocoa is what the beans are called once they have been cleaned, roasted and processed. Cacao is the same bean but still in the raw state, uncooked and unprocessed. The ORAC value comparison per 100 grams 1) Raw cacao powder 95,500 2) Raw cacao nibs 62,100 3) Roasted cocoa powder 26,000 Raw cacao is comprised of over 300 compounds including: Carbohydrates, protein, fat, fiber, iron, copper, zinc, magnesium, calcium and sulfur. Cacao once cooked and processed ("Cocoa") Loses much of its nutritional goodness which are destroyed by the heat. Once milk is added the antioxidant levels drop also dramatically. This is what you find in the popular chocolate bars and candies. Raw foodists will only use and advocate raw cacao for its high nutritional value which gives it the "superfood" status. In the United States, cacao is often referred to simply as cocoa, which leads to the confusion as to the difference between the two.
Theobroma cacao (Cacao Tree) is the tree from which the Cacao bean comes. Cacao beans are found inside the "fruit" of the tree, pods about the size of a football. Cocoa is what the beans are called once they have been cleaned, roasted and processed. Cacao is the same bean but still in the raw state, uncooked and unprocessed. The ORAC value comparison per 100 grams 1) Raw cacao powder 95,500 2) Raw cacao nibs 62,100 3) Roasted cocoa powder 26,000 Raw cacao is comprised of over 300 compounds including: Carbohydrates, protein, fat, fiber, iron, copper, zinc, magnesium, calcium and sulfur. Cacao once cooked and processed ("Cocoa") Loses much of its nutritional goodness which are destroyed by the heat. Once milk is added the antioxidant levels drop also dramatically. This is what you find in the popular chocolate bars and candies. Raw foodists will only use and advocate raw cacao for its high nutritional value which gives it the "superfood" status. In the United States, cacao is often referred to simply as cocoa, which leads to the confusion as to the difference between the two.
The Aztec's used the cacao beans for money. With that, they would trade with the merchants for other goods.
South America is a big place you know, with a lot of peoples. There is coffee, sugar, soy, orange, cacao, maize, wheat, rice, bean... and much other.