An alcoholic beverage made by indigenous South American peoples from fermented cassava or maize, similar to chicha.
From Tupi and other Amazonian languages, the word entered English through Portuguese colonial contact with indigenous cultures of Brazil and the Amazon region.
Casiri represents an entire lost scientific knowledge system — indigenous peoples had perfected fermentation and food preservation techniques for centuries before European 'science' took credit for discovering them!
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