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What type of drink did the Mayan drint?
Usually water, but they also made fruit juice and a bitter chocolate drink from cocoa beans.
What type of beans did the Aztecs use for money?
Other than cocoa beans for a drink, the Aztecs have also used cocoa beans as a currency to purchase goods such as a rabbit or an enslaved human. Hope this helps!
What were coco beans once used as?
Cocoa beans were once used as a form of currency by ancient Mesoamerican civilizations, such as the Aztecs and Mayans. They valued the beans highly, using them to trade for goods and services. Additionally, cocoa beans were brewed into a bitter drink, often flavored with spices and consumed during rituals or gatherings. This drink was considered a luxury and was associated with social status and religious significance.
Who were the first people to make a drink from cocoa beans?
Maya
What types of beans did the Mayans grow?
cocoa beans. They were used to make 'chocolatl' - a spicy drink
What drink is made from cocoa beans?
Cocoa beans grow in the tropics on a small tree. The beans grow in pods abount the size of a deflated football. First the beans are removed from the pods and firmented for afew weeks. Then they are roasted not unlike coffee beans. After that they are ground into cocoa. To turn these beans into chocolate, a good portion of them are roasted and sent separated by a machine called a winnower. From there they are ground into a paste and mixed with cocoa butter and sugar until refined into various forms of chocolate.
The cocoa beans were used by the Aztecs in what way?
They used the cocoa beans for a sort of chocolate drink used only for the Elite class. For proof look in a 7th grade history book.
What is cocoa and coffee?
They're both beans which are ground down and used as sources of food (Drink)
Cocoa beans were so valuable to the Aztecs that they were used for what purpose?
They were used to make a cocoa drink and were also used as their currencey (money).Also their pills
What is a word that has 2 consonants and 3 vowels?
Cocoa, which is a drink made from milk, sugar, and cocoa beans.
What is the name of the drink made by the mayans from cocoa beans and what does it mean?
called coca coca mocfha cengsh ice drink in top foods and drugs
How do people in Mexico use their natural surroundings?
The Ancient Aztecs used the cocoa plant to please their god Quetzalcoatl who, descended from heaven on a beam of a morning star carrying a cocoa tree stolen from paradise.In both the Mayan and Aztec cultures cocoa was the basis for a thick, cold, unsweetened drink called xocoatl… believed to be a health elixir.Since sugar was unknown to the Aztecs, different spices were used to add flavor, even hot chili peppers and corn meal were used!Aztecs believed that wisdom and power came from eating the fruit of the cocoa tree, and also that it had nourishing, fortifying, and even aphrodisiac qualities.The cocoa beans were used for currency… records show that 400 cocoa beans equaled one Zontli, while 8000 beans equaled one Xiquipilli. When the Aztecs conquered tribes, they demanded their payment in cocoa! Records dating from 1200.BC show details of cocoa deliveries, imposed on all conquered tribes.
