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| routes = Oral

| mechanism = Primary alkaloid is theobromine (3,7-dimethylxanthine), with minor caffeine. Also contains phenethylamine, anandamide (an endogenous cannabinoid), tryptophan (serotonin precursor), and flavanols. The combined effect is mild stimulation + mood elevation.

| intro = Chocolate is the fermented seed of ''Theobroma cacao'' (genus name = "food of the gods," Linnaeus's coinage). First cultivated by the Olmecs (~1500 BCE) and central to Mesoamerican cosmology — Aztec ''yollotl-eztli'' ("heart-blood") was its poetic name. Drunk frothed and bitter, often as a soldier's ration before battle. Brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century and slowly tamed with sugar.

| intro = Chocolate is the fermented seed of ''Theobroma cacao'' (genus name = "food of the gods," Linnaeus's coinage). First cultivated by the Olmecs (~1500 BCE) and central to Mesoamerican cosmology, Aztec ''yollotl-eztli'' ("heart-blood") was its poetic name. Drunk frothed and bitter, often as a soldier's ration before battle. Brought to Europe by the Spanish in the 16th century and slowly tamed with sugar.

| seealso = [[Coffee]], [[Tea]], [[Caffeine]]

| references = <references/>

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| quote = ~~Chocolate, cocoa~~. ~~The "Food of the Gods~~.~~" Nothing else quite like it~~.

| quote = That the poets drank chocolate is clear. Foamy chocolate. Flowery chocolate. So they could share flowery songs, dream-stirring songs.

| volume = Dynamis

| page = 73

| page = 245

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