Feni
Feni: Goa's fiery cashew (or coconut) spirit — distilled from cashew-apple juice in copper pots, protected by a GI tag, and drunk with lime, salt and sea breeze.
What it is
Feni: Goa's fiery cashew (or coconut) spirit — distilled from cashew-apple juice in copper pots, protected by a GI tag, and drunk with lime, salt and sea breeze. Origins: Portuguese colonists brought distillation to Goa in the 16th century; locals applied it to the cashew, another Portuguese import — two arrivals made one icon. Made from: the juice of ripe cashew apples (or coconut toddy for coconut feni). How it's made: 1) Crush cashew apples; ferment the juice in earthen pots. 2) Pot-distil — once for urrack (mild), twice or thrice for true feni. 3) Rest; bottle. Served: neat with lime and green chile, or with Limca soda in Goan taverns. Flavor: fruity, funky, vegetal — unmistakably itself. Strength: about 42-45% (urrack nearer 15%). Culture: feni is Goa's identity in a bottle — the first Indian spirit to win a GI (2009). See also: Arrack, Indian Whisky.
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