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n. (alternative form of balché English)
n. An intoxicating beverage made by soaking the bark of the leguminous tree ''Lonchocarpus violaceus'' in honey and water and fermenting it.
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Balché is a mildly intoxicating beverage common among ancient and indigenous cultures in areas of what are now Mexico and upper Central America. Today, the drink is still common among the Yucatec Maya, and is made from the bark of a leguminous tree ( Lonchocarpus violaceus), which is soaked in honey and water, and fermented. A closely related beverage, made from honey produced from the nectar of a species of morning glory ( Turbina corymbosa), was called xtabentún.
Usage examples of "balche".
Space and Prinz squatted near the campfire, too excited to drinking balche, the Mayan drink compound of bark and honey fermented in water, and they were slightly intoxicated.
At the turning of the katun, the time comes for fasting and drinking balche, for cleansing the sacred books, for dancing on stilts and burning incense.
They carried gifts to the temple: baskets filled with maize, pots of freshly brewed balche, woven cloth, cured deer skins.
I prepared her, dressed her, and perfumed her, gave her balche mixed with herbs to drink.