Talk:Chicha/Archives/2020/February

River
There is also a small river in Siberia called Chicha (Russian: Чича), where 20 years ago an ancient town was discovered. This town, founded approximately 2800 years ago was named Chicheburg after the name of the river.

Chicha is extremely strong?
In one of Don Rosa's stories, Scrooge McDuck and Theodore Roosevelt each taste chicha. It is depicted as so strong that one glass is enough to make the drinker instantly pass out. This is obviously exaggerated, but is there some variety of chicha that is so extremely strong as to have been the source of this? J I P | Talk 19:49, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

-No, as stated in the article, it is fairly weak, seldom reaching even the 5° of ordinary beer. The story is more likely the product of disney attitudes that stigmatize any alcohol consumption, no matter how mild the drink and how moderate the drinker. --Svartalf (talk) 22:17, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the information. However, I do not think it's because of Disney's attitude to stigmatise any alcohol consumption. Generally, Disney storylines carefully avoid to mention the existence of alcohol at all, instead referring to "bubbly lemonade". Don Rosa, however, insists on historical accuracy, and I understand he has been granted leave to disobey this Disney ban on alcohol. However, this is the only instance in his stories where an alcoholic drink causes people to pass out on the first sip, so I thought there would be some truth to it. J I P  | Talk 19:43, 16 September 2008 (UTC)

One more Chicha story
In Tabacundo (Ecuador) I had the chance to witness the baptism ceremony of this little girl. This was also the occasion when I was introduced to Chicha. And the story goes like this: An old lady with hardly any teeth offered me a little plastic cup with some sort of yellowish/brown liquid. She told me that she made it herself and that I should drink it. Being Swiss, I politely replied that I’d feel honored and drank the evil tasting slightly alcoholic juice. Shortly after that one woman after the other offered me more Chicha, all of them homemade by themselves. Next morning I got up with a headache and a bad stomach. Walking to the little fountain I noticed the old lady from the night before sitting in between some clay pots. While washing myself, I watched the lady chew some corn and spit it into the pot. Panic spread through my whole body and the worst fear was proven after I asked her what she was doing: She was making Chicha.--Samweisr (talk) 19:01, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes that's how it is made. It's alcohol so it would kill any germs those women had. Your story is amusing though. :)72.78.246.21 (talk) 08:42, 31 May 2012 (UTC)

Etymology, Chicha would be an Aztec word ??
Ok... I'm really surprised at the etymology section in the article. Chicha seems to have been the Quechua and Aymara national drink long before the Spanish arrived, so I'm somewhat surprised that the word for it should be a loan from a Norther language like Kuna... but knowing that relations across meso America, between the Aztec/Maya area and the Andean area were virtually non existent, the theory of a Nahuatl etymology looks seriously ridiculous. I'm not expert enough in that matter to take it upon myself to edit that out, but could somebody look into it? --Svartalf (talk) 22:17, 10 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Maize, or corn, made its way down to South America, it shouldn't be so amazing that words connected with it came along. Kortoso (talk) 21:59, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Chicha made from cassava/manioc
Please add more info on chicha made from manioc root "(also called yuca or cassava)". I understand that this is a traditional drink among the native Indian tribes. -- 201.17.36.246 (talk) 12:19, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Potency and Ecuador
Chicha is a fermented drink, no distillation is performed. Ecuador produces Aguardiente which is 15-45% and Puntas which is a more refined form up to 95% Proof. Both are made from fermented and subsequently distilled Sugar Cane juice.

Therefore the statement I have removed from the section on Ecuador stating that Chicha is one of the more potent drinks produced in Ecuador was incorrect. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.162.116.179 (talk) 18:05, 26 January 2009 (UTC)

The Spanish expression
Sorry but 'ni chicha ni limonada' means -as the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) says- "not being worth anything, something petty." Doesn't fit very much on the stated comparison. --Gatolanudo (talk) 12:51, 21 October 2010 (UTC)

pronunciation
hey for non-spanish speakers, the usual "IPA bracket" after the word would be cool regards Paranoid Android1208 (talk) 14:30, 30 July 2013 (UTC)

Chicha in Argentina
Whole section is missing. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.45.131.209 (talk) 00:42, 3 July 2016 (UTC)

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