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Tella

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homebrewed dark beer of roasted barley and gesho

Ethiopia Wine & spirit Vegetarian

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

Household beer of barley, sorghum or maize bittered with gesho; women brew it in earthen pots for weddings, funerals and harvest work parties.

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What is Tella?

Tella is a wine & spirit from Ethiopia: homebrewed dark beer of roasted barley and gesho. Household beer of barley, sorghum or maize bittered with gesho; women brew it in earthen pots for weddings, funerals and harvest work parties.

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barleyherbs

Cooked

brewed

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