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Author: ParaCrawl Corpus
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English[en]
The cocoa tree, this sacred, legendary tree, was doubly precious: its beans were used as a form of currency and as the ritual ingredient for a tonic and nutritious beverage: chocolate.The Toltecs, followed by the Aztecs, initiated cocoa culture, helping it to become widespread throughout Central America.
Spanish[es]
El árbol del cacao, árbol sagrado, es doblemente apreciado: las habas de cacao sirven como moneda de cambio y como ingrediente de una bebida revitalizante y nutritiva: el chocolate. Gracias a los Toltecas, y luego a los Aztecas, el cultivo del árbol del cacao se generaliza en toda América Central.