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Chicha de jora

Cloudy maize beer served in large glasses at rural chicherias

Peru Wine & spirit Vegetarian One for the adventurous

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

Brewed from germinated maize since Inca times; Andean chicherias still hang a red flag or plastic bag to show a fresh batch.

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What is Chicha de jora?

Chicha de jora is a wine & spirit from Peru: cloudy maize beer served in large glasses at rural chicherias. Brewed from germinated maize since Inca times; Andean chicherias still hang a red flag or plastic bag to show a fresh batch.

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maize

Cooked

brewed

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The atlas would have to match every ingredient to a food-composition database before it could publish a figure, and an estimate is not worth having if someone is counting on it.

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