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Bozo

бозо

thick fermented millet or wheat drink, sour and mildly alcoholic

Kyrgyzstan Fermented & pickled Vegetarian

Your guide, Chef Baku
Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

Home-brewed grain drink of Kyrgyz villages, related to Turkish boza and drunk warm in winter.

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What is Bozo?

Bozo is a fermented & pickled from Kyrgyzstan: thick fermented millet or wheat drink, sour and mildly alcoholic. Home-brewed grain drink of Kyrgyz villages, related to Turkish boza and drunk warm in winter.

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milletwheat

Cooked

fermentedbrewed

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