And we know that Montezuma, the emperor of the Aztec empire, asked his people to pay him with cacao beans, in part, that was because he liked chocolate very much.
The Mayans did not have currency per se, so the rulers would tax the people by making them pay in whatever was needed in their court, whether it was cacao beans, corn, beans, or bird feathers.
The Spanish liked cacao very much and they added water to it, also, plus other condiments, including cinnamon, cane sugar and cloves.
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