{"id":1007,"date":"2022-07-18T01:23:34","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T01:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cobacenotes.com\/?p=1007"},"modified":"2022-10-19T19:06:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:06:57","slug":"the-mayan-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chococacaomaya.com\/thingstodointulum\/the-mayan-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayan Cacao and Chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mayan Cacao and Chocolate was very important for the Mayans<\/strong> in their time. In the first place they used it as the currency or money that they could exchange it for things like food or objects<\/strong> they needed to live. And they used it as a key piece to cook their food or make their drinks. The oldest record of cocoa in this area of Tulum and Coba is 2,600 years ago<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Cacao was so valued by the Mayans who were in Tulum,Coba, Cancun, Mayan Riviera and the Yucatan peninsula as Chichen Itza<\/strong> and Isla Mujeres<\/strong> that they mixed it with fruits so that it tasted bitter or with chewing gum to give it a spicy flavor. even with Axiote to make it look like blood and they took it as a ritual making it be assumed that they took blood from their human sacrifices.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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