>
>It was awful *and* it burned. We didn't know exactly how much pepper
>to add. Extremely bitter, gritty, astringent and hot. The Aztecs had
>no concentrated sweeteners according to him. We decided it was much
>improved by the addition of a fair bit of Kahlua.


Bob:

I don't believe that Aztecs "drank" chocolate-- they consumed the "foam"
produced by constantly pouring the mixture back and forth between containers.

And Aztecs did have sweeteners-- honey and vanilla, for instance, but there is
no evidence that these were ingredients employed in their making chocolate
froth.

Andy Smith