For Mesoamericans, drinking cocoa was not only a religious rite, but a way to give a person “luck in love”. It was a custom, for example, for couples to drink ritual cups of cocoa when they were married. And the Aztec ruler Montezuma supposedly drank numerous cups of cocoa every day in the belief it would make him a better lover.

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http://www.hey.nhs.uk/pdf/media/chocolate.pdf

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