Making Mexican TEPACHE (Fermented Pineapple Drink) Recipe

I’m 50 years old and I remember when I was about 8 my mom used to make this drink but fermented without the sugar she would ferment only like for two days and would add the sugar after to taste. By the way this it’s very typical drink in the Dominican Republic but only with water. mom also made it with a fruit called Jagua not sure what it’s called in other countries. It was so delicious

I appreciate the mexican hats 😅

I ferment it then back sweeten with pineapple concentrate and some water and salt and honey. Then keg it. It’s so good.

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I have a pineapple that I’ll be using in a recipe today, but I’ll be out of town for the weekend in 3 days. Can I save the pineapple skin/core in the fridge and use them the following week to ferment?

I'm guessing the pineapple should be organic?

Love your channel!

I thought that was Jason Kidd at first.

This video was so fun and informative. Love ypur energy!

for a second I thought that pineapple was printed on your T-shirt 🍍

Just be yourself and will be a better video. Content good but trying too hard to present it.

quick question: don’t you have to pop the bottles daily in the 2nd fermentation phase in order to avoid explosions?

Got a slight redness on top of the foam in mine. I kept a cheese cloth over it and it took almost 2 weeks to get the foam. I’m one. A old town and the heater is typically sale to70 degrees in my house. I didn’t rinse the cinnamon like some people suggest. I was told it could be from that. It smells sweet, no moldy smells at all. Would you suggest I toss it and start over?

I made this last year and came out great. I’m trying it again this year and it came out too syrupy 🤔 I ended up throwing it away , not sure what happened.

Whats the abv quantity in tepache?

If it taste like vinegar means it’s contaminated

I cannot wait to try this a Mexican friend sent me this site

@FermentationAdventure my tapache is sour before bottling is that common

Hello from Mexico! I love your videos :)) just want to mention that the corn fermented beverage is not called "chicha" its name is Tesguino

Thank you guys!
My Abuelito used to make Tepache, he would give us kids a little cup, he would say it was good for the tummy, and thanks for suggesting the towel over the bottle in case it explodes, now I won’t be as scared 😄🤗

How warm is it where you live normally? I did the secondary fermentation for around 3 days and still hardly have any fizzz

claro, la chicha se fermenta con maiz harinoso, porq originalmente no habia suficente azucar para la cantidad q bebian

I made it but it did not have so much carbonation like yours did. I made it and kept in mason jars with a regular lid. It did taste amazing. On my 2nd bath now and it’s been 4 days and I see even less fizz at the top. Could it be I didn’t put enough sugar? I’m using 2 quart jars and added 1/8 cup, if a small home grown pineapple

Do you stir it everyday those first 3 days?

Thank you for this teaches recipe...

I'd like to share an idea for the bottles. This was shared to me and has so far been fool proof.

1. Fool the flip top bottles as usual and cap the bottle but don't completely seal with the metal clip.

2. Use light rubber bands to good the metal clip lightly closed this allows has to escape while keeping CO2 out of the ferment.

3. Once you are ready to stick in the fridge, close the bottles and stick in the fridge!

Note: during the counter fermentation you are welcome to stick the bottles in some kind of vessel to capture overflow, but it should be minimal since the gas is being released evenly.

Omg Im so glad I found you guys! I just made kombucha and tepache follows your videos. Second days today and it smells so good in the house already! I actually trying two different jars for tepache, 1 with the pineapple fruit, the other with just the peel and core. They all tastes so good after just 2 days. Thank you so much for your efforts to make all the wonderful videos. Just wanna let you know your videos are the BEST!

THE DANCE omg yall are so precious! Cant wait to try tepache... I hope one day my husband takes me to Mexico!

Your speech is very lengthy
Why can't you shorten?

Thanks!

Can children drink it?

Can you ferment in a plastic jar?

Orange skin too

I made some fermented pineapple wine which is still fermenting I decided to taste it and it almost knocked me to the floor and all I did was dipped my spoon into the drink and I had to go sit down

By the way I love your show

I loved Cozumel. I didn’t want to leave. I didn’t get to drink this stuff. I’ll make it tomorrow though with what I have left of my pineapple from making a pineapple cheesecake.

Wait. Why did you add water? Why not just leave it like it is? (Legit question). :-)

This sounds so good. I've made a pineapple vinegar, but this sounds so much better. Thanks.

You guys r so cute!

I made some I was wondering about reusing the pineapple so I refreshed then saw you did the same! So excited to get carbonation on my first batch I’ll update soon:)…..

I love that idea! I wish I had pineapples in my garden. Unfortunately, I only have access to the ones from the supermarket that are of course heavily sprayed. I know you need the bacteria on the skin for fermentation so not sure if it will work if I wash it with eg. baking soda and vinegar. I'm in TN and we have fairly warm and humid weather for many months of the year so I might be able to even grow my own. how long does it take in FL climate to grow a pineapple?

Lost a lot of credibility with me when they (oh my god) WASHED the pineapple. All the bacteria and yeast you need to start the ferment are on the outside.

If you're a newbie, opening outside is probably best. My first attempt at making Tepache, I tried to open the bottle slowly thinking it will be pretty fizzy and all of the liquid inside shot up and out. It went all over everything in a 3'-4' radius - the windows, walls, cupboards, ceiling, floor, etc.. It was a huge mess and there was only about an inch of Tepache left in the bottle. Great video! You two always look like you're having fun!

Why don’t you drink the tepache from the tester bottle?

So from what I understand, to get it more carbonated you need to ferment longer. But if you ferment longer, it loses its sweetness... If you wanted it slightly sweeter but also more heavily carbonated could you add sugar during 2nd fermentation (when you transferred to bottles in this video) ? Or maybe I am overthinking and you just add at the end if desired.

I am from Poland but I will grow a pineapple 😂🎉

Made for each other

I made it and it was slightly thick. I’m not sure if I did something wrong but the texture is not something I want to drink.

Totally trying this!! Thank you for sharing!! You two are so cute!! Love your videos!! ❤❤😁🙌🙌