special drinking vessels made out of ceramics or courts that were lacquered. so important that these vessels were part of the treaty that the aztec ruler, montezuma, had. so that was sort of the fiscal composition, but it was also incredibly important culturally. so, chocolate was seen as one of the perks of the elite. it was kind of a conspicuous consumption to consume find chocolate. it was really important. you couldn't have a meeting of diplomats or traders without chocolate. and it is often used in a very ceremonial ritual before any kind of feasting would begin among aztec cultures. they would be ceremonial use of chocolate and tobacco together. and the flower. answered in this very choreographed manner. and one of the arguments of my book is that when europeans arrived, they actually adopted the customs, i mean there were some differences but there was essential continuity like mesoamerican, europeans began to associate them as quintessential symbols of sociability, and also a status in the case of chocolate. tobacco had sort of more different uses amon