The cacao tree originated in the Amazon and Orinoco basins 4000 years ago. They started to be grown by the Olmecs and the Maya people who prepared the first hot chocolate from their fruits and called it “xocolatl” (“bitter water“).
The cacao tree originated in the Amazon and Orinoco basins 4000 years ago. They started to be grown by the Olmecs and the Maya people who prepared the first hot chocolate from their fruits and called it “xocolatl” (“bitter water“).