Lao-Lao

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Lao men drinking lao-hai from an earthenware jar. Water is added to the jar to maintain the liquid level as the alcohol is sipped.
Lao men drinking lao-hai from an earthenware jar. Water is added to the jar to maintain the liquid level as the alcohol is sipped.

Lao-Lao (ເຫລົ້າລາວ)is a rice whisky brewed in Laos. Along with Beer Lao, lao-Lao is a staple beverage for the people of Laos (and for some tourists). Contrary to what the romanized transcription would make one believe, the name lao-Lao is not the same word repeated twice, but actually two different words pronounced with different tones: The first, ເຫລົ້າ, means "alcohol" and is pronounced with a low falling tone, and the second, ລາວ, means "Lao" and is pronounced with a low level tone.

Although lao-lao is traditionally drunk neat, a cocktail that is rising in popularity is the "Pygmy Slow Lorange", named after the Pygmy Slow Loris, a species endemic to Laos.

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