Balché ~ A Traditional Mayan Drink

According to legend, balché was created as an act of love between a beautiful Maya girl Sak-Nicté (White Flower) and a brave young warrior. As the story goes, the young couple fled their tribe when a powerful cacique (indigenous chief) also declared his love to Sak-Nicté. After days of wandering in the Maya forest, the lovebirds found a honeycomb. Sak-Nicté and the warrior had a feast with the sweet honey, and decided to save some inside the trunk of a balché tree. That night brought rain and thunder, and the water blended with the honey inside the tree creating a luscious beverage. When the cacique found them, he ordered Sak-Nicté to return to her tribe. The young warrior was devastated and in a desperate attempt to keep her lover at his side, he offered to cook for the cacique a fantastic meal. He accepted and the couple served him a banquet, crowned with the sweet drink they had discovered. The cacique was so impressed with the balché that he let the two lovers go, under the condition that they share with him how to prepare it.

Because this inebriating drink had strong religious significance to the Maya people the Spaniards attempted to ban the drink in hopes of converting them to Christianity however; the Maya people convinced them that it had healing properties. The prohibition was finally removed when the Spaniards were convinced that the Mayan people were dying for the lack of the drink. Today it is still produced and enjoyed by the Yucatec Maya people.  

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