CHOCOLATE

By Haimadu

THE MAYA PEOPLE CALLED THE COCOA TREE

CACAHUAQUCHTL…

COCOA, FROM WHICH CHOCOLATE IS

CREATED, IS SAID TO HAVE ORIGINATED IN

THE AMAZON AT LEAST 4,000 YEARS

AGO

THE COCOA POD WAS OFTEN REPRESENTED

IN RELIGIOUS RITUALS, AND IN THE TEXTS THEIR LITERATURE

REFER TO COCOA AS THE GOD’S FOOD

THEY SAID THEY DESCENDED FROM

HEAVEN ON A BEAM OF A MORNING STAR CARRYING A COCOA TREE STOLEN FROM

PARADISE.

CHOCOLATES MAY NOT BE THE FOOD OF THE GODS IN THE LITERAL SENSE ANYMORE, BUT

THEIR EARTHLY DELIGHTS ARE UNDENIABLE.

COCOA BEANS, ARE FERMENTED, DRIED,

ROASTED AND GROUND. BEFORE

BEING USED TO PRODUCE CHOCOLATE

CANDIES, ICE CREAMS, BROWNIES,COOKIES,

MILKSHAKES…CHOCOHOLICS CAN

NEVER GET ENOUGH OF THEIR FAVORITE, SINFUL INDULGENCE

OF COURSE, LOADS OF OTHER THINGS

ARE ADDED TO MAKE TO MAKE IN THE DIVINE-TASTING

TREAT THAT IT IS.

THE END