palm wine
Tapped tree drink
Palm wine is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented sap of various palm trees, especially date palms and coconut palms.
The sap is collected by tapping the tree trunk or flower clusters, then left to ferment naturally, producing a mildly sweet, milky drink that becomes more sour and potent over time.
Palm wine is traditional across tropical regions of Africa, Asia, and South America, where it goes by many local names and plays a role in social and ceremonial gatherings.
Hot sweetened spirits
- intoxicatingCausing altered mental state
- boozeInformal term for spirits
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
- tipsyMildly intoxicated
buzz · hangover · drunkenness · inebriation · potent · hooch · spirits · stupor
Hot sweetened spirits
Repeated light striking
- tapperOne who strikes lightly
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
- calabashGourd used as vessel
gourd · collection · extraction · incision · yeast · brewing · distillation · arrack
Formal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- offeringSomething presented or given
marriage · festival · harvest · rites · sacred · village · communal · tribal
Tasting of sugar
- milkyWhitish and cloudy
- tangySharp and lively-tasting
- sourSharp, biting taste
- effervescentFizzing with gas bubbles
cloudy · white · frothy · fizzy · refreshing · yeasty · pungent · acidic
toddy
Hot sweetened spirits
- intoxicatingCausing altered mental state
- boozeInformal term for spirits
- liquorDistilled alcoholic drink
tipsy · buzz · hangover · drunkenness · inebriation · potent · hooch · spirits · stupor · groggy
toddy
Hot sweetened spirits
tapping
Repeated light striking
- tapperOne who strikes lightly
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
calabash · gourd · collection · extraction · incision · yeast · brewing · distillation · arrack · natural fermentation
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- libationCeremonial drink offering
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
offering · marriage · festival · harvest · rites · sacred · village · communal · tribal · kinship
sweet
Tasting of sugar
effervescent · cloudy · white · frothy · fizzy · refreshing · yeasty · pungent · acidic · sparkling
rainforest
Wet tropical woodland ecosystem
tropics · plantation · grove · fronds · canopy
- NigeriaAbuja, Lagos, Independence Day, National Assembly, Niger River
- West African culturesFulani, ethnic groups, Poro society, Bondo, secret societies
- beverageswater, coffee, tea, juice, milk
- Alcoholic Drinksbeer, vodka, rum, whiskey, gin
- African Drinksrooibos tea, rooibos, Ethiopian coffee, Moroccan mint tea, Black Label
- Asian drinkssake, shochu, soju, jasmine tea, oolong tea
palm winewhiskey
Oak-aged grain spirit
vodka · distilled spirits · brandy · gin · rum
palm wineBordeaux
French port and vineyard area
Burgundy · Chianti · wheat beer · rice wine · sake
palm wineDom Pérignon
Legendary French bubbly
Bordeaux · vintage wine · Scotch whisky · French wine · Burgundy wine
wine, palm, palms, vineyard, winery, wineglass, palmist, palmistry, vintner