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Piwari

Amerindian cassava beer, cloudy and sour, drunk from calabashes

Guyana Wine & spirit Vegetarian One for the adventurous

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

Brewed by Indigenous communities of the interior from roasted cassava bread and served at village work parties and festivals.

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What is Piwari?

Piwari is a wine & spirit from Guyana: amerindian cassava beer, cloudy and sour, drunk from calabashes. Brewed by Indigenous communities of the interior from roasted cassava bread and served at village work parties and festivals.

Made with

cassava

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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