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
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but it is often mixed with sugary fruit juices.
References
Colombian culture
Distilled drinks
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