hi friend of steemit,
on this occasion i want to share about unique fskts coming from aztec tribe that use cocoa beans as medium of exchange in year 1500sm
When classical Maya civilization collapsed (around 900) and was replaced by the Toltecs, cocoa beans became Meso-American main commodities. By the time the Aztec Empire came to power (until about 1500 BC) the area covering Mexico City is now known as the Meso-American region most rich in cocoa beans. For the Aztec cocoa beans are "the food of the gods" (theobroma, from Greek). Usually cocoa beans are used in religious ceremonies and as gifts.
Chocolate also became a luxury in the time of Colombian-Meso America, in their culture of the Maya, Toltec, and Aztec cocoa beans (cacao bean) is often used as currency. For example the Aztec Indians use a calculation system in which one turkey chicken costs one hundred cocoa beans and one avocado for three cocoa beans.
European chocolate was originally mixed in the same way that the Mayan and Aztecs used. Even today, the ancient Meso-American way is still preserved, but inside industrial machinery. Cocoa's seed still a little fermentated, dried, roasted, and rolled.
However, a series of more complicated techniques was played. Chocolate powder is emulsified with potassium or sodium carbonation to be more easily mixed with water (dutched, emulsification methods found by the Dutch), the fat is reduced by removing much of the cocoa fat (defatted), ground as a liquid in a conched or mixed with milk so it becomes milk chocolate.
this is it from me tonight,
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