Tepache

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For the municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora, see Tepache, Sonora

The tepache is a drink made out of the flesh and rind of the pineapple, sweetened with brown sugar and cinnamon and sometimes beer.

Tepache doesn't have a high quantity of alcohol, since it is left to ferment for only about three days. The alcohol comes mostly from the addition of a small amount of beer, the most common way of serving it in Mexico. It is a drink better served cold.

Tepache is commonly made by inmates in Mexican prison, because the process of creating tepache is simple and quick. However, tepache can also be found in taquerias since it's a rather cheap drink. Housewives sometimes prepare tepache. In markets, you can sometimes find a vendor with an orange barrel full of ice cold tepache.

The word Tepache originates from the Opata "tepatzi" which later became Tepachi and Tepache. Some historians believe it could mean "place of beautiful women". Tepatzi is also a last name from the State of Tlaxcala in Mexico.