Chicha de Jora: Peru’s Fermented Inca Beer

There are three foods that are ubiquitous across the Peruvian Andes: potatoes, quinoa and corn. “Chicha de jora” is the quintessential South American native corn beer, and has emerged to become an emblematic Peruvian beverage. Traditionally, brewers used the enzymes in their own saliva to start the germination process and release the starch, in other […]