Drinking Chocolate in the Spanish Style

[hakerh]

Tablets of Drinking Chocolate in the Spanish Style

100 cocoa beans
2 cods red chili pepper (approximately 1/2 tsp)
1 handful aniseed (quarter-sized mound in palm, powdered)
2 mecaxóchitl flowers (a dash of pepper was substituted)
2 drams cinnamon (1/2 tsp)
12 almonds
12 hazelnuts
1 cup sugar

Grind the cinnamon, anise, and chili peppers together. Grind

Comments

[camilla_anna]

yum!

I hope you have some left!

[hakerh]

I do. I saved some specifically to bring up. :) I'm actually thinking about teaching on the topic at Panteria or GNEW, since there was a great deal more enthusiasm than I expected.

[bunnyjadwiga]

Hakerh, we just had a faculty member come into the library looking for information on Chocolate Drinking in 17th century France. May I send her the link to this entry?

[hakerh]

Absolutely. I'm willing to compare notes or elaborate on my sources/techniques, too.