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"Twill make Old women Young and Fresh;
Create New Motions of the Flesh,
And cause them long for you know what,
If they but taste of chocolate".

- James Wadsworth in 1660

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1648 recipe for Chocolate:

cocoa beans

cinnamon

red peppers

aniseed

all dried and powdered being careful not to overdry of they will become bitter:

stirred together until a paste is formed warmed over a fire.

Then add achiotte (a red colouring agent) then made into tablets to become cold and harden.

Dissolve the tablets in hot water and add to atolle and stir until it is frothed.