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Fermentation Atlas

Mexico

37 ferments from Mexico, with how each is made.

37 entries listed here.

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FermentKindMain stepTemperatureSaltpH
Atole agrio (sour atole)Soft drinks24 h – 5 days4
BalchéAlcoholic drinks24 h – 2 days
Chorote (maize-cacao drink, Tabasco)Soft drinks9 days5.7 → 7.5
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
PozolSoft drinks24 h – 14 days28 °C7.3 → 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 añejoCheese20 days – 5.9 months3 %
Queso asaderoCheese30 min32 °C2 %5.6
Queso ChihuahuaCheese30 days6.5 °C2 %
Queso crema de ChiapasCheeseat least 7 days4
Queso de bola de OcosingoCheese50 days – 3.6 months3–4 %
Queso de poro de BalancánCheese7 days2–3.9 %4.3–4.9
Queso frescoCheese30–40 min32 °C1.5–2 %6.6–6.9
Queso Oaxaca (quesillo)Cheese30–45 min2 %5.5–5.6
Queso panelaCheese1 h600 %6.8
Requesón (Mexico)Cheese2 h1 %4.5
Sambudia (sambumbia, State of Mexico)Alcoholic drinks36 h – 2 days
Sendechó (Mazahua/Hñähñu maize-and-chilli beer)Alcoholic drinksup to 15 days
Taberna (coyol palm wine, Chiapas)Alcoholic drinks12 h – 15 days
Tejuino (mestizo, low-alcohol)Soft drinks12–24 h3.4–4
TepacheSoft drinks24 h – 4 days22 °C
Tesgüino (Rarámuri maize beer)Alcoholic drinks5 days17.8–22.2 °C5 → 3
Vanilla curingCocoa, coffee and spiceat least 2 months
Water kefir (tibicos)Soft drinks24 h – 7 days17–29 °C
Zambumbia (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks3–5 days
Agua agria (Mexican sour maize water)Soft drinks
Birote saladoCereals and bread
Charagua (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks
Ostoche (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks
Pox (Tzotzil and Tzeltal cane spirit)Alcoholic drinksat least 7 days
Quebranta huesos (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks
Queso de hoja (Veracruz)Cheese
Zarzaparrilla bark wine (Mexico)Alcoholic drinks

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