Mexicos ancient beverage of pulque makes a comeback

[Judi Lynn]

Mexico’s ancient beverage of pulque makes a comeback

Originally published December 6, 2016 at 9:02 pm


By
TERESA DE MIGUEL

The Associated Press

SANTIAGO CUAUTLALPAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexicans have been brewing pulque from the juice of cactus-like maguey plants for centuries, but the viscous, beer-like beverage fell out of favor starting in the 1970s as pulque got a bad reputation as a peasant’s drink. The number of producers, consumers and bars known as “pulquerias” dwindled.

But now, the nutrient-rich drink is making a comeback among a new generation of Mexicans.

The Aztecs of Mexico’s central highlands revered pulque, pronounced POOL-kay, reserving it for the highest social classes and the most august occasions.

Today, pulque is available in numerous flavors and strengths and you are as likely to see a tattooed millennial couple sipping a liter container of strawberry-flavored pulque outside a hipster bar as the farmers in cowboy hats who make and drink it in the countryside.

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[Warpy]

1. A lot of preachers were ranting against it because it's mildly alcoholic

The effect was the same as when preachers railed against weak ale in England, telling people to drink tea, instead: poorer people lost a major source of nutrition, then malnutrition and ill health increased.

I love that they're flavoring it for the trendies. Maybe it'll catch back on with the people who need it the most. Weak ale never did make a comeback.