for the love of chocolate
Chocolates
reputation as an aphrodisiac is deeply embedded in the
history of Western civilization. The great Aztec ruler
Montezuma, one of the first red hot lovers to tap into
chocolate's strengths, was reported to have consumed
as much as fifty cups of chocolate elixir before heading
off to his harem.
Chocolate
was introduced to Europe by the Spanish Conquistadors
not as a sexual stimulant, but as a rich, hot drink.
Yet text from the Seventeenth Century records that by
the Rococo period, One obtained strength from
chocolate for certain tasks the pleasure
principal was clearly understood during Rococo times.
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