I was at Live Artz on Wednesday when I ordered
the Azteca. A hot chocolate spice infused cup of warm yumminess. I started wondering about hot chocolate in
Art so, I looked and I found some. But
first a little history….
An Aztec woman pouring chocolate from a standing position to raise the foam
About 2000 years ago the Mayans created a
chocolate beverage which became an essential part of the Aztec culture. Cocoa seeds
were ground into a paste, along with chili peppers, vanilla, other spices and
water. It was then poured from cup to cup, much like a shaken martini, until it
became foamy, at which point it was drunk. Sugar had not yet been introduced so
it was not the sweet creamy beverage we know.
The Spanish brought the cocoa beans and the
skill to make the beverage back to Europe where it became very popular among
the Spanish nobility. By the 17thh century the hot cocoa was sweetened and it
became a drink reserved for European nobility. Near the end of the 17th
century milk was added and it became the favorite of the English Nobility. The Dutch brought hot chocolate to the United States in
the early 17th century.
Spanish, ceramic tiles, The laborious process of making chocolate
This week the Artz of Hot Chocolate
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