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?

Through Cortez the king learned how highly the Aztecs valued chocolate

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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 bought seeds to the king in 1504