What is a cacao beverage?

Cocoa comes from the seeds of the cacao tree, about three thousand years ago, the Mayans in the Americas began to cultivate the cacao tree, called it cacau, the cacao beans will be dried and crushed, and mixed with water to become a bitter drink, and later spread to South America and Mexico's Aztec empire, the Aztecs called it xocoatl, meaning "bitter water", they specialize in making hot drinks for the royal family, called Chocolatl, meaning "hot drink", is the origin of the word "chocolate"

Cocoa is derived from the seeds of the cacao tree. "They specialized in making hot beverages for the royal family, called Chocolatl, which means "hot drink", and is the origin of the word "chocolate"