1. SOME ALCOHOLIC DRINKS IN MEXICO
A kind of Indian-made mezcal
Lorena Rubí Pérez Pérez

2. 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

3. POZOL
In Tabasco, fermented, ground, sprouted corn kernels,
flavored with salt and chili

4. TEPACHE
Fermented drink made from the of a variety of plants,
especially sugarcane and pineapple, with brown sugar;
sometimes pulque is added

5. XANATH
A vanilla-flavored liqueur

6. TEJUINO
In northern Mexico, a weakly alcoholic drink made from
fermenting corn, or sometimes agave juice, and unrefined
brown sugar

7. YOLISPA
In central Mexico, a drink made with whisky, honey and
herbs

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

9. CHARAPE
In Michoacán and northern Guerrero, variously prepared, most
simply from fermenting pulque with water solution of
unrefined brown sugar

10. CHICHA
Variously prepared, as from fermented pineapple, unrefined
brown sugar, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon, and ginger