She speaks English of course, she is from Belize, an English speaking nation. Also don't worry if she sweetens the drink with sugar, this is the way they do now, don't try to criticize her recipe. Clearly, that's the way modern Mayas drink it, just like it happens with other popular hot drinks. I wonder if anyone here goes to Starbucks and tell them that coffee is not supposed to have pumpkin or vanilla since those weren't originally from Africa, where coffee is from.
The title says "MAKING HOT CHOCOLATE THE TRADITIONAL MAYAN WAY". Then proceeded to make it the traditional European way using ingredients the Mayans didn't even know existed or how to cultivate. If the premise of her clip was to teach a bit about history and her culture I'd think that's a pretty big gap that should probably be corrected nicely in the comments.
If Starbucks has a demonstration on "the traditional African drink the way they made it" and then goes on to use pumpkin spice latte then YES someone should probably make a comment about that.
thank you. I'm trying to incorporate Mayan cocoa into my morning smoothie as a replacement for milk. this video is highly informative. I diddnt know that cocoa was given to the sick but I've used it myself as a remedy for years. thank you so much
Viva Mexico is representation of where I’m from I know where my language originated from and she speaks a native language which she seems to struggle a little with English although it’s their national language don’t come here trying to teach me foo VIVA MEXICO
precioso video y de compartirse con las personas que no hablan español y que hablan inglés, gracias familia bol! y gracias a Belysium Artisan Chocolate por formar este reportaje. Gran ejemplo para cualquier persona que hable español que ponga muchísimos pretextos para no aprender inglés
It is meant to be ceremonious and scared tbh, but people these days overconsume everything with little care or respect, and pretty much no presence at all
Still not traditional. Mayans didn't have sugar it was introduced by the Europans once brought to Europe. Could have used honey instead. Traditional spices native only to South America. Still yet to see a real traditional Mayan drinking chocolate being made
@@planetacacao9475 they could have used honey to sweeten the chocolate. however in the context which the mayan used chocolate, and the fact that viewed it as a sacred ceremonial drink from the gods. suggest that the drink wasn't consumed as a sweet drink at all. its a european take of it instead it is much more likely to have been a bitter, intense taste like a black coffee, and it was drank by the very elite of the society on special occasions (100 coffee beans were the cost of a slave) they probably used some aromathic flowers, chilly beans and ceremonial virgin blood to accent the drink
I hate to break it to her because she seems so nice, great English too, but she did call it "traditional mayan chocolate the way they drank it" so I feel obligated to nicely put this information here. Xocolatl, translated as chocolate or 'bitter drink', was made of cocoa beans ground up with chili spices and served only as a cold water based bitter medicinal beverage. They didn't know what sugar (or milk) was or how to cultivate it. It was unrecognizable from the chocolate we know today. Sugar and solid milk chocolate was invented in Europe 1500's.
@@josejonhson674 “Rarely did they add any sweetener - once in a while honey, but mainly to try to ferment it,” says anthropologist Joel Palka, of the University of Illinois
@@Seraph10101 do you think Mayans are still stuck in an ancient culture ? This drink has been made for thousands of years. Maybe the recipe has changed a little like everything else has.
@@AnotherGrimyKid the mayans didn't add sweetener in any variation of their methods of preparation. I don't think they are stuck in an ancient culture. They certainly add it now because it's a lot awesomer with sugar.
