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The Mayas and cocoa
Trade: cacao as currency, cacao as an offering to the Gods: an exquisite and highly privileged drink, Maya drink (Chokoj Ha). Maya codices and vestiges on cacao.
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Discover cocoa
Cultivation techniques, producing countries, varieties, hazards, grain preparation processes.
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The traditional Mayan house
How did a middle-class Maya family live? Clothing, utensils, Maya burial, orchards...
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Chocolate tasting and traditional Mayan ways to prepare it.
Taste a delicious traditional Mayan drink, made with cocoa and rich spices.
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Traveling cocoa: arrival of the chocolate drink in Europe
A drink of the nobility, a new ingredient: sugar, cocoa conquers Europe and the way it is prepared. Did you know that in the 18th century a chocolatier hardly produced more than 10 kilos of chocolate a day?
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History of chocolate from 1800 A.D. to the present day
You will learn how chocolate has spread around the world, with a variety of textures, blends and flavors.