chicha

[ chee-chuh ]

/ ˈtʃi tʃə /

a beer made from fermented corn in South and Central America.

Origin of chicha

Borrowed into English from American Spanish around 1750–60

Its manufacture is unknown outside Mexico, and in Peru the chicha, or maiz beer of the natives, takes its place.

Mexico |Charles Reginald Enock
When brought into a state of fermentation it possesses similar intoxicating effects with the Chicha of the American Indian.

Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II |Karl Ritter von Scherzer
Chicha was a fermented drink made of pine-apple juice, honey or sugar, and water.

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume 2 |Hubert Howe Bancroft
Had I not tasted the chicha beer of the Andes, and found it good?

White Shadows in the South Seas |Frederick O'Brien