om roasted and ground cocoa beans that they turned into a paste. This was then mixed with water and maize, and flavoured with chillies, then beat into froth. The drink was called 'xocoatl' (pronounced 'shoco-latle'). The drink was served in solid gold goblets to the Aztec ruler Montezuma and his court. The cups would be used only once before being tossed into the lake.
Hernn Corts later introduced Xocoatl to Spain . The cocoa drink was not well received at first, but once sugar began to be adde