For centuries, chicha, a fermented beverage made from cereals, fruits or roots, has been taken by various indigenous tribes in many parts of South America. All over the Ecuadorian Amazonian rainforest ...

During that period, chicha was considered a healthy drink, according to Stefan Pohl-Valero, a historian at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Universidad del Rosario in Bogotá.

However, in Colombia, chicha took on a different role and came to symbolise decadence and unruliness. The government, along with certain sectors of society, associated chicha and chicherías with ...

A Brief History of Chicha Fuerte The roots of “chicha” trace back to the pre-Columbian era, when indigenous peoples across Central and South America created fermented beverages as part of their daily ...

Chicha morada ingredients The main ingredient in chicha morada is purple corn. According to Solano, this corn is also in recipes for other staples like mazamorra morada (purple corn pudding). Fun fact ...

Chicha is popular year-round in Venezuela, as it pairs perfectly with just about any local dish, like cachapas, arepas, or empanadas.

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Chicha is great, especially, for a drink: there’s an encyclopedic rum list and cocktails on draft. Photograph by Krista Schlueter for The New Yorker The rum and house-made kola-nut soda.