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The Quick Sip
The smooth mellow tones of premium grade red Rooibos are scented with chocolate and an aromatic touch of refreshing mint, an altogether inspired after dinner combination.
Tea Tales
Chocolate is made from the fermented, roasted, and ground beans taken from the pod of the tropical cacao tree. Cacao beans were often used as currency throughout pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, underscoring Chocolate as a luxury item. The earliest record of the use of the cacao bean is chocolate residue found in an ancient Maya pot, suggesting that Mayans were drinking it as a beverage 2,600 years ago. The Aztecs consumed chocolate as xocoatl, a bitter and spicy drink often seasoned with vanilla and chile pepper. Moctezuma served up the Spanish Conquistador Hernán Cortés to this favoured drink in a gold goblet. The rest, as they say, is history.
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