The Seeds Are Dried Cleaned And Roasted The Shell Is Removed To Produce Cocoa Nibs Which Are Then Ground To Cocoa Mass Unadulterated Chocolate In Rough Form Once.
The Yucatec Mayan Word Chocol Hot With The Nahuatl Word Atl Water A Widely Cited Proposal Is That The Derives From Unattested Xocolatl Meaning Bitter Drink Is Unsupported.
The Cocoa Mass Is Liquefied By Heating It Is Called Chocolate Liquor The Liquor May Also Be Cooled And Processed Into Its Two Components Cocoa Solids And Cocoa Butter.