chocolateeeeeeeeee!?

Question

What country did it originate in? ((*just curious*)) =]

Answer 1

It's original from Mexico. Cacao beans were roasted and grounded, then mixed with water and spices. This how the Aztecs and Mayans used to drink their chocolate. The Aztecs considered as the "Beverage for the Gods". This drink wasn't for everybody only the "Sacerdotes" and the Emperor. The Emperor had a cup made of gold specially for this purpose. Of course when the Spaniards took it to Spain its fame went to all Europe. It was in Swizterland were they made the milk chocolate.
The word "chocolate" comes from the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs of Mexico. The word is derived from the Nahuatl word xocolatl (IPA /ʃo'kola:tɬ/)], which is a combination of the words, xocolli, meaning "bitter", and atl, which is "water". It is associated with the Mayan god of Fertility. Mexican philologist Ignacio Davila Garibi, proposed that "Spaniards had coined the word by taking the Maya word chocol and then replacing the Maya term for water, haa, with the Aztec one, atl."[verification needed] However, it is more likely that the Aztecs themselves coined the term, having long adopted into the Nahuatl the Mayan word for the "cacao" bean; the Spanish had little contact with the Mayans before Cortés's early reports to the Spanish King of the beverage known as xocolatl.

The chocolate residue found in an ancient Maya pot suggests that Mayans were drinking chocolate 2,600 years ago, which is the earliest record of cacao use. The Aztecs associated chocolate with Xochiquetzal, the goddess of fertility. In the New World, chocolate was consumed in a bitter and spicy drink called xocoatl, often seasoned with vanilla, chile pepper, and achiote, (which is known today as annatto). Xocoatl was believed to fight fatigue, a belief that is probably attributable to the theobromine content. Chocolate was an important luxury good throughout pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and cocoa beans were often used as currency. Other chocolate drinks combined it with such edibles as maize starch paste (which acts as an emulsifier and thickener), various fruits, and honey. In 1689 noted physician and collector Hans Sloane, developed a milk chocolate drink in Jamaica which was initially used by apothecaries, but later sold by the Cadbury brothers.

Answer 2

The tasty secret of the cacao (kah KOW) tree was discovered 2,000 years ago in the tropical rainforests of the Americas. The pods of this tree contain seeds that can be processed into chocolate. The story of how chocolate grew from a local Mesoamerican beverage into a global sweet encompasses many cultures and continents.

The first people known to have made chocolate were the ancient cultures of Mexico and Central America. These people, including the Maya and Aztec, mixed ground cacao seeds with various seasonings to make a spicy, frothy drink.

Later, the Spanish conquistadors brought the seeds back home to Spain, where new recipes were created. Eventually, and the drink’s popularity spread throughout Europe. Since then, new technologies and innovations have changed the texture and taste of chocolate, but it still remains one of the world’s favorite flavors.

Answer 3

Comes from the Cacao bean - somewhere in the western/southern Pacific

Answer 4

Chocolate originated in the Amazon basin and ancient Aztec and Mayan cultures were the first to discover the value of the cocoa plant, from which cocoa beans are harvested and processed into chocolate.
Mayans and Aztecs took beans from the cacao tree and made a drink they called xocoatl. Which was not sweet but was very bitter.
Here is the whole article on chocolate and the history.
http://www.waynesthisandthat.com/chocolatehistory
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Answer 5

Chocolate comes from the cocao bean, which was first eaten/drunk in beverages by the Incas (I think) or the Aztecs. One of the Central American peoples, certainly. It was not sweetened until it got to Europe - the Spaniards, who brought it over from Central America.

Answer 6

its from mesoamerica (from central Honduras and northwestern Costa Rica on the south, and, in Mexico, from the Soto la Marina River in Tamaulipas and the Rio Fuerte in Sinaloa on the north)

Answer 7

Why Hershey, Pennsylvania silly! lol

Answer 8

germany