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n. - Fermented Mexican drink from juice of various agave plants especially the maguey.

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  • Unlike tequila, another agave-derived drink, pulque is not distilled.
  • The pulque is collected in jars that the gatherers carry suspended from their shoulders.
  • A number of the city's cantinas still serve a 2,000-year-old Aztec drink called pulque, which is suddenly enjoying a revival.
  • Then we invariably have frijoles (brown beans stewed), hot tortillas – and this being in the country, pulque is the universal beverage.
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