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Boj is a thick, sour, alcoholic drink of the Q'eqchi' Maya of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Sugarcane juice is poured over fermented maize and ginger in a clay jar and ferments for about eight days. A 2023 study measured a pH near 3.3 and about 6.9 % alcohol.
Fully documentedAlcoholic drinks13 days
Recipe
No fixed amounts recordedNo amounts are published. The process was documented by a brewing study and a mission article, and the quantities depend on the household.
Maize, cooked for about 3 days over a wood fire, soaked about 2 days and ground
The refined version grinds the cane without its rind[comboni2019]
Fermented maize and ginger, as the base layer of the jar
The refined version puts bread yeast, soda and oat biscuits there, next to unused rotten maize[comboni2019]
Starter
a base of fermented maize and ginger placed at the bottom of the jar beforehand
Total time across the recorded steps: 13 days
Start
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What changes:Maize cooks over a wood fire
Step 1 of 4
Cook maize over a wood fire
Time
3 days
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Yeasts
Output: cooked maize.
Flavour
Not documented
Texture
Not documented
Colour
Not documented
Microbes at work in this step
Not documented for this step.
Method
Measured measured in a studySet fixed by a specification or tested recipeReported one source reports itTypical a general value, not sourced for this fermentUnconfirmed not yet checked against a source
At a glance
Boj is a thick, sour, alcoholic drink of the Q'eqchi' Maya of Alta Verapaz, Guatemala. Sugarcane juice is poured over fermented maize and ginger in a clay jar and ferments for about eight days. A 2023 study measured a pH near 3.3 and about 6.9 % alcohol. Made in 4 steps over 13 days. The longest step, ferment, takes 8 days (Comboni Missionaries 2019).
Refined bojCane milled without rind; bread yeast, soda or oat biscuits and unused rotten maize placed in the jar bottom (Comboni Missionaries)
Safety
In the finished drink the 2023 study measured pH 3.3 ± 0.1 and 6.9 ± 0.9 % alcohol. A missionary article warns that boj is a seriously powerful alcoholic drink. The refined version also puts rotten maize in the jar. WHO says moulds on cereals can make mycotoxins, that fumonisins are associated with maize, and that most mycotoxins survive food processing. Do not use mouldy maize.
Maya tradition, as told in a missionary article, holds that boj has existed since pre-Hispanic times and is linked to the creation of the world and of man. The basic ingredient was always fermented maize; sugarcane, introduced in the colonial era, entered the final recipe and gives the drink its taste. A 2023 paper in the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists documented its process and chemistry and notes that few scientific studies of it exist.