🍽️ What is it?
A pre-Hispanic fermented drink made from nixtamalized corn dough, piloncillo (raw cane sugar), and water. Fermented for one or two days, then served ice-cold with salt, plenty of lime juice, and a scoop of lime sorbet on top.
✨ Why it's amazing
A unique flavor — slightly tangy from the ferment, sweet from the piloncillo, salty, sour from the lime, and ice-cold from the sorbet. Good tejuino leaves a pleasant fermented aftertaste.
📍 Where to try it
- Cuale River Municipal Market — Encino & Matamoros. Traditional stalls with the clay jars in plain sight. The most authentic in the downtown area.
- Downtown & Pitillal — bicycles rigged with tejuino. Listen for the bell.
- Colonia Versalles — established stalls along Avenida Francia and Avenida México.
- Price: 25-40 pesos per cup.