[Aztlan] MESOAMERICANS DRANK FERMENTED CHOCOLATE 500 YEARS EARLIER THAN THOUGHT

[michael ruggeri]

Researchers at Cornell have found that Mesoamericans at Puerto  
Escondido in Honduras in elite houses were drinking chocolate before  
1100 BCE or 500 years earlier than thought. They were probably  
alcoholic drinks made from fermented cacao. The fermenting of the  
beans for alcohol may have led to the discovery of the chocolate taste.

AFP has the story here;

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkkkGHqzXlMyHaf6FUjBry4QLurQ

And the NY Times here;

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/13/science/13obchoc.html?ref=science

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