Traditional Hot Chocolate Celebrated In Guatemala
Not only is chocolate healthy, but in Guatemala, it’s a national treasure. Chocolate beverages have been enjoyed in Mexico and Central America for thousands of years. In an effort to preserve the traditional methods of preparing the beverage, the Minister of Culture issued a special decree.
Here’s a bit more on chocolate production in Guatemala.
“While “gold standard” Mixco chocolate can be found in supermarkets, it is still most widely distributed the same way it always has been: peddlers travel around the country bringing it to local markets and door-to-door to Guatemalan homes.
The traditional preparation of chocolate in Mixco has been women’s work.It is almost entirely done by hand: women pull the seeds from cacao pods, slow-roast them and then grind them in mills, often by hand.
The complex process is not taught in any formal setting — know-how is still passed on mostly at home and on the farm, from one generation to the next.”
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