Chocolate As Our Meso-American Ancestors Intended

Yesterday I made my second visit to New Mexico's chocoholic mecca, cozy, eclectic Kakawa Chocolate House in Santa Fe. This time I drank a  tiny cup of silken Mayan Full Spice, a concoction that is superb, its taste best delineated  as "complex." The proprietor, Mark Sciscenti, is a self-described Chocolate Historian, who  creates elixirs ( drinks), handmade chocs, and wheat-free pastries.

Cacao, vanilla, chiles, all solid American foods, star in Mark's heavenly offerings, along with many other ingredients, other than wheat. ( For the heat averse, Mark makes a less pungent Modern Mexican drink that my pal enjoyed.)

While I was  sipping my elixir, I overheard Mark mention that he was seeking someone local willing to supply him with spelt and barley. Anyone?

NB  No "caca" was involved in the making of any products at the Chocolate House.

Comments

[Petra]

for nothing was the coin of the great MesoAmerican empererors, Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas, all this culture consider chocolate as something divine.

[Fozia]

Thanks again for sharing all your entry! I agree with them all!

[S. Patricia]

My friends and I have fun choosing truffles and I enjoy making smiles out of the wrappers in a totally unexpected way for those of us who grew up thinking that Hershey Chocolate bars were the penultimate in chocolate delight. White adobe walls and fire place behind us and typical santa fe chairs to sit on.

[Rachael S.]

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[foodmuseumblog]

Spelt--available in Whole Foods and such but I think this guy is a purist who wants a local source.

Well, yeah you got it--caca--I was referring in a silly manner to Kaka, which presumably refers to cacao....

[Rose]

Spelt: Delhaize???
Just baked spelt-yeast-free-bread again.

What is 'caca'? aside from babyword for you-know-what or unfortunately named soccer player???