drinks

The drink of India’s Indigenous people gets a modern twist

January 28, 2025Food

One legacy of British colonial rule in India is a ban on making and selling an Indigenous spirit called mahua. It’s resulted in a stigma attached to the drink. Entrepreneurs have found a legal workaround to get mahua to market, but some worry that the Indigenous community won’t reap the benefits.

Small and colorful bar with lights strung up, patrons raising their glass to the back wall

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Tony Gurdian, at Imperial in Portland, Oregon, uses his homemade switchel to make a drink called The Haymaker's Revival.

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