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Causa
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Causa

Peru's strikingly beautiful mashed potato casserole.
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Canelazo
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Canelazo

A sweet, warm cocktail to chase away the chill of Andean nights.
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Pachamanca
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Pachamanca

In Peru, layers of potatoes, meat, and sweets are steamed in a pit filled with volcanic rocks.
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Dulce de Leche Cortada
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Dulce de Leche Cortada

This sweet, caramelized dessert comes from curdled milk.
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Gunpowder Rum
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Gunpowder Rum

A spirit that toasts a time when proofing your liquor meant setting it aflame.
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Clairin
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Clairin

Small Haitian distilleries are producing some of the purest rum in the world.
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Pu'er
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Pu'er

Devoted fans pay thousands for bricks of this fermented tea.
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Licor Valvanera
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Licor Valvanera

This herbal liqueur is produced by a Benedictine monastery in the Spanish wine region of La Rioja.
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Julmust

This Swedish holiday soda outsells Coca-Cola during the Christmas season.
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Skal
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Skal

Meet Japan's first milk soda.
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Chocolate Tea
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Chocolate Tea

Neither tea nor hot chocolate, this Caribbean cocoa drink is in a league of its own.
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Prickly Pear Liqueur
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Prickly Pear Liqueur

This jewel-toned Sicilian and Maltese specialty is so sweet, it’s hard to believe it comes from a spiky cactus.
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Širvenos
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Širvenos

This Lithuanian brew adds green peas to the malt.
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Banta
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Banta

This sweet and salty Indian drink keeps an endangered soda bottle in business.
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Riga Black Balsam
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Riga Black Balsam

There's a legend that this Latvian herbal liqueur saved an ailing Catherine the Great.
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Raspberry Cordial
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Raspberry Cordial

Immortalized by “Anne of Green Gables,” the drink is a must-try for lit lovers on Prince Edward Island.
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Turnip Schnapps
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Turnip Schnapps

The modest root vegetable makes a potent liquor in Wildschönau, Austria.
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Lanzarote Wines
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Lanzarote Wines

On an island’s moon-like terrain, grapevines creep out of ashen volcanic soil and create extraordinary elixirs.
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Tunglubuk Chi
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Tunglubuk Chi

A dwindling number of brewers still make this tapioca alcohol.
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Génépi
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Génépi

A uniquely Texan take on Chartreuse.
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Tupelo Honey
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Tupelo Honey

Beekeepers in the United States' southeastern swamplands are fighting to preserve this smooth, sweet delicacy.
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Beaver Dam Pepper
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Beaver Dam Pepper

A pepper so good, Hungarian immigrants carried it with them when they came to Wisconsin.
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Canastra Cheese
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Canastra Cheese

This traditional Brazilian raw milk cheese is caught in the crosshairs of a battle over government regulation.
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Torta del Casar
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Torta del Casar

In Spain's Extremadura region, local sheep and a touch of thistle make for an ultra-creamy, slightly bitter cheese.
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