Chocolate’s Weird, Violent, and Twisting History

In seventeenth-century Mexico, a bishop tried to stop women from drinking chocolate while he was holding services in his church. And they killed him. Maybe. Here’s the story: around 1625 or so, there were these wealthy women in Chiapas, Mexico, not far from Guatemala, who had developed a habit of having servants bring them cups … Continue reading Chocolate’s Weird, Violent, and Twisting History