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The ancient Maya believed that cacao had magical properties and that it was a gift to humans from the god Kukulkan (known as Quetzalcoatl to the Aztecs), a feathered serpent. To consume cacao, they would harvest the beans from the trees before fermenting, drying and grinding them into a

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