The word chocolate comes from the Nahuatl: xocol?tl, used by the ancient Mesoamerican indigenous people, which translates to 'bitter water.' The real taste of cocoa is bitter, not sweet as our ...

The latter term comes from two Nahuatl words: meztl (maguey) and ixcalli (to cook). The colonizers were keen on making some kind of wine with whatever was available since grapevines didn't thrive ...