Cortez's conquest of the Aztecs helped cause chocolate to become
popular with Spanish royalty. One fact that created this
cause-and-effect relationship is that Cortez brought back three
chests of cacao seeds to the Spanish king. What is the other fact?
The chocolate water that the Aztecs
drank was bitter.
The king was not impressed by cacao
seeds brought to him by Columbus.
Christopher Columbus had also brought
cacao seeds to the king in 1504.
Through Cortez, the king learned how
highly the Aztecs valued chocolate.