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Fermentation Atlas

Mexico

38 ferments from Mexico, with how each is made.

38 entries listed here.

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FermentKindMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
BalchéAlcoholic drinks24 h – 2 days
Colonche (prickly pear wine)Alcoholic drinks12 h25–30 °C
Cotija (queso Cotija de montaña)Cheeseat least 3 months
JocoqueFermented milk11 h – 3.3 days20–30 °C6.7 → 4.6
Pulque (octli)Alcoholic drinks6–15 years3.5–4
Pulque in pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica (octli)Alcoholic drinks3–12 months3–4
Queso adoberaCheese18–24 h1–2 %5
Queso ChihuahuaCheese30 days – 4 months6.5 °C2 %
Queso fresco (Mexico, Central and South America)Cheeseup to 7 daysup to 4 °C1.5–2 %6.6–6.9
Queso Oaxaca (quesillo)Cheese24 days8 °C2 %5.5–5.6
Tejuino (mestizo, low-alcohol)Soft drinks12–24 h3.4–4
TepacheSoft drinks24 h – 4 days22 °C
Tesgüino (Rarámuri maize beer)Alcoholic drinks5 days
Water kefir (tibicos)Soft drinks2–7 days17–29 °C
PozolSoft drinks24 h – 14 days28 °C7.3 → 3.9
Queso asaderoCheese9 days10 °C5.6
Agua agria (Mexican sour maize water)Soft drinks
Atol shuco (Salvadoran sour maize atole)Soft drinks
Atole agrio (sour atole)Soft drinks24 h – 5 days
Birote saladoCereals and bread
Charagua (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks
Chorote (maize-cacao drink, Tabasco)Soft drinks
Nawait (saguaro wine)Alcoholic drinks
Ostoche (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks
Pox (Tzotzil/Tzeltal cane spirit)Alcoholic drinks
Quebranta huesos (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks
Queso añejoCheese
Queso crema de ChiapasCheese
Queso de bola de OcosingoCheese
Queso de hoja (Veracruz)Cheese
Queso panelaCheese
Requesón (Mexico)Cheese6.3–6.6
Sambudia (Mazahua)Alcoholic drinksat least 24 h
Sendechó (Mazahua/Hñähñu maize-and-chilli beer)Alcoholic drinks
Taberna (coyol palm wine, Chiapas)Alcoholic drinks15 days
Vanilla curingCocoa, coffee and spice
Zambumbia (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks3–4 days
Zarzaparrilla bark wine (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks

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