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Tesgüino

Cloudy low-alcohol beer of sprouted maize, drunk from gourds at gatherings

Mexico Wine & spirit Vegetarian One for the adventurous

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

Central to Rarámuri life in the Sierra Tarahumara, where work parties and ceremonies are organised around brewing it.

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What is Tesgüino?

Tesgüino is a wine & spirit from Mexico: cloudy low-alcohol beer of sprouted maize, drunk from gourds at gatherings. Central to Rarámuri life in the Sierra Tarahumara, where work parties and ceremonies are organised around brewing it.

Made with

maize

Cooked

fermentedbrewed

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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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