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1. The Aztecs first consumed chocolate as a bitter cacao drink they believed was a divine gift from heaven. The scientist Linnaeus named the cacao plant Theobroma, which means "food of the gods." 2. Spanish explorer Hernando Cortez saw the Mexican emperor Montezuma drinking a cacao drink mixed with spices. Cortez brought cacao to Europe, where people began drinking it mixed with chili peppers, until sugar was added to make it sweeter. 3. In the 19th century, the Dutch chocolate maker van Houten developed
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- Alexander Bastidas
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