The word comes from the Nahuatl tepache “tepiatl” which means corn drink was made with this cereal but now its most famous is produced by the mixture of pineapple and sugar.

One of the most popular fermented beverage of Mexico, as it usually has a low alcohol level in form of processing (less than 1% Alc. V ol), the custom of making this drink with corn continues in several communities especially Indians of Mexico, as in the states of Oaxaca, Queretaro, Guerrero, Sonora, Yucatan and Chiapas, where a higher alcohol level was subject to Mayan religious cults.

Today in Chiapas, tepache is made for both home and commercial use, although the quantity produced has been slowing due to […]