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Carato de acupe (Venezuelan lightly fermented maize drink)carato de acupe

Acupe is a Venezuelan maize drink that is lightly fermented and sweetened. FAO lists it as a drink of germinated maize, and the Spanish Academy's historical dictionary defines it as a slightly fermented maize drink, kept in a clay tinaja. No study of its fermentation was found.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Carato de acupe itself.

Short entrySoft drinks

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo source read gives amounts.
Germinated maize[s2]
Water
SweetenerFAO says the drink is sweetened[s2]
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What changes: Germinated maize is ground and mixed with water

Step 1 of 3
Grind germinated maize and mix with water
Time
Not documented
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented

Output: maize slurry.

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

Acupe is a Venezuelan maize drink that is lightly fermented and sweetened. FAO lists it as a drink of germinated maize, and the Spanish Academy's historical dictionary defines it as a slightly fermented maize drink, kept in a clay tinaja. No study of its fermentation was found.

What makes this one different

Acupe is the lightly fermented form of carato; plain carato is drunk fresh without fermenting.

Related ferments

Variants

  • Unfermented caratoFresh drink, not fermented.

History and sources

Every number is labelled with how it is known. How this atlas is made

The RAE historical dictionary defines acupe as a slightly fermented maize drink and cites Rómulo Gallegos (1925): 'una buena tinaja de carato de acupe'.

  1. [s1] Real Academia Española, Diccionario histórico, acupe, https://www.rae.es/tdhle/acupeweb
  2. [s2] FAO 1999, Fermented cereals: a global perspective, ch.4 Table 1: acupe (Venezuela) = beverage based on germinated maize, fermented and sweetened, https://www.fao.org/4/x2184E/x2184e10.htmgov