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Alcoholic drinks from Mexico

Ostoche (Mexico)

Ostoche is a Mexican alcoholic drink listed by the FAO as based on maize juice and pulque or brown sugar. No recipe, region or process details were found beyond that one line, so the entry is an outline only.

A short entry: the sources we found record only what is said here about Ostoche itself. Its own sources do not record how it is made, so the steps and scenes below are those of Pulque (octli), the closest documented alcoholic drinks ferment, shown as a guide to the method, not as a record of Ostoche.

Short entryAlcoholic drinks

Recipe

No fixed amounts recordedNo recipe or amounts were found.
Maize juice[fao138]
Pulque or brown sugar[fao138]

Total time across the steps of Pulque (octli): 6.5 years – 17 years

Start
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6–15 years

What changes: The agave grows for years before it is ready to give sap

Step 1 of 6 · steps of Pulque (octli)
Grow the agave to maturity
Time
6–15 years
Reported
Temperature
Not documented
Salt
None given
Acidity
Not documented
Which microbes the steps name, step by step
Lactic acid bacteria
Zymomonas
Yeasts
Leuconostoc

Output: mature maguey.

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

Ostoche is a Mexican alcoholic drink listed by the FAO as based on maize juice and pulque or brown sugar. No recipe, region or process details were found beyond that one line, so the entry is an outline only.

What makes this one different

Ostoche ferments maize juice with pulque or brown sugar, where tesgüino is made from sprouted maize grain.

Related ferments

History and sources

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

  1. [fao138] Haard N.F. et al. 1999, Fermented cereals: a global perspective, FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin 138, ch. 4 Table 1 (adapted from Wacher-Rodarte 1995)gov