This is the recipe that the ancient ruler of Tik'al, Lord Cacao, drank at court.
Ingredients:
• Crushed cacao beans
• Honey (ideally from Xunan kab, the famed stingless bees of the Maya, Melipona beecheii)
• Allspice
• Chilies
• Vanilla
• Achiote (Annatto)
• Water
Directions:
They didn't use teaspoons, cups, grams or ounces back in Maya times. Lord Cacao's royal household
Mix everything together?
(hot and frothy)
