Chicha morada

Chicha morada

Two traditional Peruvian drinks paired together, chicha morada (right) and pisco sour (left).
Type	Beverage
Country of origin	Peru
Color	Purple
Style	Glass
Ingredients	Purple corn, pineapple, cinnamon, cloves

Chicha morada is a beverage originated in the Andean regions of Perú but is currently consumed at a national level.^[1]

The base ingredient of the drink is corn culli or ckolli, which is a Peruvian variety of corn known commonly as purple corn which is abundantly grown and harvested along the Andes Mountains.

Its history and consumption was already widespread in pre-Columbian times, prior to the establishment of the Inca Empire. The current preparation can be traced through different works of the nineteenth century as those of Juan de Arona, and Carlos Prince. The oldest references to its preparation as we know it today come from the writings produced in the mid-1870s by the French Camille Pradier-Fodéré.