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Cambodia

I have one sourced drink connected to Cambodia. The label on each card says how: where it began, what the country is known for, what people drink there, or where the origin is disputed.

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Cambodia on the world map. Boundaries are generalized Natural Earth data.

Drinks of Cambodia

Signature drinks and regional ones, with the evidence behind each. A drink marked non-alcoholic has no alcohol in the traditional serve.

  • Illustration of Sra Peang (Jar Wine): cloudy white rice wine, only the surface visible at the mouth of the jar, in a large lidded earthenware jar with the lid set aside and a bundle of long bamboo straws in the mouth.

    Sra Peang (Jar Wine)

    Mondulkiri and Ratanakiri uplands

    IconicRegional drink

    Rice wine brewed with local herbs in a large covered earthenware jar for at least a month, at about 15 to 25 percent alcohol. Drinkers take turns sipping through long bamboo straws, some about a meter long.

    Ethnologist Ang Choulean links jar wine to Angkorian times, citing the Bayon bas-reliefs, and Georges Coedes found jar-wine rituals in Angkorian inscriptions. It remains part of ceremonies of upland peoples such as the Bunong and Brou.

    Made with: fermented glutinous rice, local herbs, leaves and roots.

    Confidence: mediumEvidence: en.wikipedia.org (opens in a new tab), repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp (opens in a new tab)

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