Five hundred years before the Incan empire reached its height in South America, a different civilization reigned: the Wari.

One of the Wari’s claims to fame is that they were early brewers of a drink called chicha. The fermented beverage was made by the Inca after them and can still found in Peru today. Many variations of the drink have been common across Central and South America for centuries

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