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Tejate | Local Non-alcoholic Beverage From Oaxaca, Mexico | TasteAtlas

Tejate

Tejate is a Mexican beverage with prehispanic origins, made from roasted maize flour, fermented cacao beans, cacao flowers, and mamey seeds. The ingredients are ground and combined with cold water in large clay pots. The beverage is served cold in small clay bowls, and it is sometimes additionally flavored with some sugar syrup.


It is believed that tejate is a great hangover cure and it also suppresses hunger due to its high nutritive value.