Fermented Collection

Chinese tea farmers using monkeys to gather tea leaves, Camellia sinensis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rudolph Ackermanns Repository of Arts, London, 1821

Still Life with Chinese Porcelain Bowl Date: 1662

Vendor of pulque near Rioverde, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
A typical vendor of pulque with her donkey-drawn cart on a country road near Rioverde, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Pulque is an alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant

Gingerbread Men
Richly Decorated Fancy Figures in Fermented Sweet Dough - traditional and modern shapes (note the golfer !) not necessarily made with ginger. Date: circa 1930

Interior of a pulque bar, Mexico City, Mexico
Interior of a pulque bar or pulqueria, Mexico City, Mexico, with barman and customer. Pulque is an alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of the maguey (agave) plant. Date: circa 1905

Cairo - Sellers of Bouza
Itinerant sellers of Bouza, a fermented alcoholic beverage produced from wheat in Egypt. Is this the origin of the English term booze??? Date: circa 1910s

Fancy Breads
Fancy breads of fermented sweet dough Date: early 20th century

Bottling of Mares Milk (Kumis)
Russia - the bottling of Kumis by a Muslim family. Kumis is a fermented dairy product traditionally made from horses (mare s) milk

Western Russian Fmily drinking Mares Milk
Family from the Baltic Region - Far Western Russia at this period - passing round a bottle of Kumis. Kumis is a fermented dairy product traditionally made from horses (mare s) milk

Pulque, Mexico
Mexico - Harvesting PULQUE from agave or maguey plants, producing a popular fermented beverage

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