I spotted Tepachito brand tepache, a tart beverage lightly fermented from pineapple rinds, on a refreshment break during a long afternoon's exploration. The awning of this supermercado justly proclaims a "gran variedad de frutas y vegetales frescos," pineapples included. But even in northern Passaic, a neighborhood with a lively Poblanx population, I've found tepache only in bottles, never in barrels. Compare this encounter in the narrow aisles of Tianguis Sullivan, Mexico City.
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