Ancient Beverage Pulque Makes a Comeback with a New Generation of Mexicans Teresa de Miguel - The Associated Press
go to original December 9, 2016

WTF is Pulque? (mitú)

Mexicans have been brewing pulque from the juice of cactus-like maguey plants for centuries, but the viscous, beer-like beverage fell out of favor starting in the 1970s as pulque got a bad reputation as a peasant’s drink. The number of producers, consumers and bars known as “pulquerias” dwindled.

But now, the nutrient-rich drink is making a comeback among a new generation of Mexicans.

The Aztecs of Mexico’s central highlands revered pulque, pronounced Pool-kay, reserving it for the highest social classes and the most august occasions.

Today pulque is available in numerous flavors and strengths and you are as likely to see a tattooed millennial couple sipping a liter container of strawberry-flavored pulque outside a hipster bar as the farmers in cowboy hats who make and drink it in the countryside.

But don’t expect it to appear on the shelves of the local liquor store. For decades, attempts have failed to can or bottle the milky white liquid that continues to ferment quickly after being produced.

Pulque long had a reputation as the drink of poor farmers, and many assumed it was produced under unsanitary conditions - something its fans say is not true.

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Related: Mezcal Lovers Are Flocking to Oaxaca, Birthplace of the Agave Spirit (Dallas News)

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