Five centuries after Goans began making feni—a pungent, fermented liquor not for the faint-hearted—a new crop of distillers is hoping to take the spirit global
Workers pack bottles of 'Big Boss Fenny', containing the liquer feni, at the Madame Rosa distillery in Pilerne in North Goa. Five centuries after Goans began making feni—a pungent, fermented liquor not for the faint-hearted—a new crop of distillers is hoping to take the spirit global
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But first, they have to convince other Indians to drink it.
Usually made from crushed cashew apples or coconut palm sap, the potent beverage has in recent decades fallen out of favour in Goa— a former Portuguese colony south of Mumbai—with the arrival of foreign liquor brands.