Served cold, the Maya ground cocoa seeds into a paste and mixed it with water, vanilla, cornmeal, chili peppers, and other ingredients. They then poured the drink back and forth from a cup to a pot until a thick foam developed. It was available to Maya of all social classes, while among the Aztecs chocolate was a sign of high status: it was a bad omen for someone low or common to drink it.

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