Tepache
Encyclopedia
The tepache is a drink made out of the flesh and rind of the pineapple
, sweetened with brown sugar
and cinnamon
and sometimes beer
. Tepache does not have a high quantity of alcohol, since it is left to ferment for only about three days. The alcohol comes mostly from the addition of a small amount of beer, the most common way of serving it in Mexico
. It is a drink normally served cold with chili powder.
Tepache is commonly made by inmates in Mexican prison, because the process of creating tepache is simple and quick. Tepache can also be found in taqueria
s as an inexpensive drink. Housewives sometimes prepare tepache. In markets, vendors commonly seel it out of an orange barrel.
The word Tepache originates from the Opata
tepatzi which later became Tepachi and Tepache. Some historians believe it could mean "place of beautiful women". Tepatzi is also a last name from the State of Tlaxcala
in Mexico.
Pineapple
Pineapple is the common name for a tropical plant and its edible fruit, which is actually a multiple fruit consisting of coalesced berries. It was given the name pineapple due to its resemblance to a pine cone. The pineapple is by far the most economically important plant in the Bromeliaceae...
, sweetened with brown sugar
Brown sugar
Brown sugar is a sucrose sugar product with a distinctive brown color due to the presence of molasses. It is either an unrefined or partially refined soft sugar consisting of sugar crystals with some residual molasses content, or it is produced by the addition of molasses to refined white...
and cinnamon
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is a spice obtained from the inner bark of several trees from the genus Cinnamomum that is used in both sweet and savoury foods...
and sometimes beer
Beer
Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...
. Tepache does not have a high quantity of alcohol, since it is left to ferment for only about three days. The alcohol comes mostly from the addition of a small amount of beer, the most common way of serving it in Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It is a drink normally served cold with chili powder.
Tepache is commonly made by inmates in Mexican prison, because the process of creating tepache is simple and quick. Tepache can also be found in taqueria
Taqueria
Taquería is a Spanish word meaning taco shop. In some localities, however, it is used to refer to restaurants specializing in burritos , although tacos and other dishes are often served as well. Originally, Taquerías referred to the stands of street vendors. However, many taquerías today are...
s as an inexpensive drink. Housewives sometimes prepare tepache. In markets, vendors commonly seel it out of an orange barrel.
The word Tepache originates from the Opata
Opata language
Ópata is the name of the Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Opata people of northern central Sonora in Mexico...
tepatzi which later became Tepachi and Tepache. Some historians believe it could mean "place of beautiful women". Tepatzi is also a last name from the State of Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala
Tlaxcala officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala is one of the 31 states which along with the Federal District comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipalities and its capital city is Tlaxcala....
in Mexico.
External links
- Tepache, Ayuntamiento Digital (Official Website of Tepache, Sonora)