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LOCATION

SOUL OF MEXICO

44-100 Jefferson St.

Suite #E-502
 Indio, CA

760-200-8787

Corner of Jefferson & Fred  Waring

 

 

 

 

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MEXICAN DRINKS GLOSSARY
 

 

Each of Mexico's dozens of indigenous groups seems to have at least one fermented drink that it thinks of as its own. The following list just scratches the surface.

 

acachú: in Zacapoaxtla, Puebla, a liquor of the capulín cherry


aguamiel: in central Mexico, a mildly intoxicating drink made from sap of the maguey, of the agave family


aguardiente: aguardiente, brandy


aguardiente de caña: rum


anís: mixture of alcohol, water, and essence of anise


bacamora or bacanora: a kind of Indian-made mescal


batari: in Chihuahua, a tesgüino made by the Tarahumara Indians of ground-up, germinated and fermented corn kernels
brandy: brandy


caxtila: In the Sierra de Zongolica, Veracruz, a rum prepared by the Nahua Indians


cerveza: beer


charanda: name for various drinks, some made from fermenting agave sap, others from sugarcane juice


charape: in Michoacán and northern Guerrero, variously prepared, most simply from fermenting pulque with water solution of unrefined brown sugar


chicha: variously prepared, as from fermented pineapple, unrefined brown sugar, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, and ginger


chichihualco: in Guerrero, made from fermented agave sap


chorreado: in Mexico State, Morelos and Guerrero, a mixture of whiskey, milk, chocolate, sugar, and, sometimes, egg


chumiate: in Mexico State, a name for fruit liqueurs


colonche: in central Mexico, made from the fermentation of macerated cactus fruit and sugar


comiteco: especially in Chiapas, a drink made from agave sap


curado: name applied to too many kinds of drinks to specify


damiana; in Sinaloa, a fermented infusion of the herb known as damiana, of the genus Turnera


garapiña: same as chicha


ginebra: gin


habanero: in Tabasco, a local rum; in Yucatán, made from the tropical tree-fruit called nance


huazamoteco: in Durango, alcohol diluted with water, with tequila

kahlúa
: a coffee-flavored liqueur


mezcal: mescal, distilled from pulque (see below)


mistela or mustela: in southern Mexico, various recipes made with a variety of fruits such as the nance, mango, and plum; typically the fruit is fermented with water and alcohol until hardened, then sealed and fermented for another year


mosco or mosquio: a liquor based on oranges or orange peel


nevado: in Puebla and Mexico State, fruit liquors


nochotle: among the Mixtecs of central Mexico, a drink made by adding juice from the prickly-pear cactus, nopal cardón, to pulque


podzol: in Tabasco, fermented, ground, sprouted corn kernels, flavored with salt and chili


ponche: punch (ponche de fruta = fruit punch)


posh: in Chiapas, a whisky based on sugarcane juice


pozol or pozole: in southeastern Mexico, drink from fermented corn paste flavored with salt or chili


pulque: pulque -- in central Mexico, a mildly intoxicating drink made by fermenting the sap, or aguamiel, of the maguey agave


resacado: a high-grade whiskey


rompope: typically based on milk, almonds and egg yolk


ron: rum


sangría: sangria


sotol: in Jalisco and Nayarit, a distilled drink using fermented sap of the desert yucca called sotol, of the genus Dasylirion


sugiki: same as batari


taberna: in Isthmus of Tehuantepec area, made by fermentation of juice from a local palm tree


tecuí: in Mexico State, alcohol and fruit juice, especially juice of orange, limon, or pineapple


tejuino: in western Mexico, among Huichol Indians, drink of fermented corn, with added alcohol


tepache: fermented drink made from the of a variety of plants, especially sugarcane and pineapple, with brown sugar; sometimes pulque is added


teporocha: in Mexico State, a mixture of alcohol and soda drink


tequila: especially from Jalisco, made from fermented sap of a maguey-like agave


tesgüino, tesgüín, or tejuino: in northern Mexico, a weakly alcoholic drink made from fermenting corn, or sometimes agave juice, and unrefined brown sugar


torito: dozens of recipes; in Mexico State, it is often tequila or rum mixed with orange juice, vinegar, onion and chili pepper; in Guerrero, mescal cured with vinegar, green chili pepper, onion, tomato, and cheese; in Veracruz, rum with fruits, such as guava, mamey, limon and peanuts, mixed with condensed milk, regular milk, and ice


tuba: drink from fermentation of juice from different kinds of palm, especially the coconut palm, often flavored with pineapple, limon, chili, etc.


tuxca: same as mescal


verdín: In southeastern Mexico, a liquor made from aromatic leaves of the tree called hoja santa, and fennel or anise


vino: wine


whisky or wiski: whiskey


xanath: a vanilla-flavored liqueur


xtabentún: an anise-flavored liqueur


yolispa: in central Mexico, a drink made with whisky, honey and herbs


zotol: in Chihuahua, the same as sotol