Tella

Teff and sorghum, Tella grains

Tella or talla (Oromo: farsoo, Tigrinya: suwa, Ge'ez: ሰዋ, translit. säwa) is a traditional beer from Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is brewed from various grains, typically teff and sorghum. Depending on region, barley, wheat, or maize may be used; spices can also be added. Dried and ground shiny-leaf buckthorn leaves are used for fermentation. Due to the addition of bread and use of a fermentation vessel which has been smoked over dried olive wood or Abyssinian rose wood, tella may have a smoky flavour. The alcohol content of unfiltered Tella is usually around 2–4 Volume percent, filtered tella contains about 5–6 vol%.

Tella is often home-brewed. It may be offered in tella houses (tellabet), usually in regular homes, where people meet and talk to each other.

External links

Ethnomed Ethiopian foods
T’alla Tell-All - Ethiopian Food
Traditional Alcoholic Beverages from Ethiopia, LISSANonline.com
Boozing it up in Ethiopia, GADLING.com
On Tella, the Ethiopian beer, in .pdf format

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