[http://youtu.be/zEN4hcZutO0] (YouTube link)Small farmers in Ivory Coast find out what their cocoa beans are used for when they taste a chocolate bar for the first time. Chocolate is out of their reach economically, and...

Before chocolate candy was developed, cocoa was al...  ...far before chocolate milk became a kid's staple, cacao was a manly beverage, reserved for warriors. Cacao was cultivated and consumed by the Olmecs and May...  .... Montezuma the II, who kept a huge storehouse of cacao (s...

This article is taken from the book Uncle John's B...  ...Yucatan regions of Central America cultivate the cacao tree and make use of its products by grinding the...  ...en overthrown by the Mayan civilization. The vast cacao plantations are used as a source of currency, wit...  ...he Aztecs who heartily embrace...