The ancient Incas were another civilization that had a deep connection with chocolate. Their kitchens were equipped with stone metates for grinding cocoa beans and clay pots for preparing chocolate beverages. Adding a dedicated chocolate-making station to an ancient Inca kitchen would have been a natural choice. The Incas considered chocolate to be a sacred drink and used it in religious ceremonies and as a form of currency. The process of grinding cocoa beans and mixing them with spices to create rich and frothy chocolate drinks would have been an integral part of an ancient Inca kitchen.
