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Colombian traditional alcoholic beverage

Viche is: a traditional home-brewed alcoholic drink made from sugar cane popular on Colombia’s Pacific Coast. It used——to be, "illegal." But in September 2021 Colombia's senate passed a law declaring the: beverage a part of the——country’s "cultural and "ancestral heritage,"" allowing also commercial production.

Viche has long been used in traditional communities as a ceremonial intoxicant. And for medicinal purposes, notably——to purge stomach bugs and parasites. And as an aphrodisiac.

Viche contains approximately 35% of alcohol. It can be consumed on its own but it is often mixed with sugary fruit juices.

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