CHEM 181 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Cocoa Butter, Theobroma Cacao, Chocolate Liquor

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 181
• Professor: Ariel Fenster

Document Summary

Canada (1995) 30% if men and 38% of women. Texture: cocoa fat"s melting point is ~36 c; one degree lower than body temperature. Aztec in mexico used cocoa drinks for the gods, in a liquid (need to beat it for a long time) form in a gold goblet. Spaniards found in vaults, cocoa beans meaning they were very valuable and used as currency. Spaniards believed that cocoa had aphrodisiac (improve on libido aka sex drive) properties. Spain, and it became popular in europe as a beverage. Was very bitter, so mixed with vanilla, sugar, cinnamon. Uses of cocoa: a beverage, a currency, an aphrodisiac, a sweet treat, a gift to the gods. For most of its history, cocoa or chocolate has been used as a beverage rather than eaten in solid form. It was used as a currency by the aztecs who also offered cocoa drinks in gold goblets to satisfy the gods.