# Tiquira

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/tiquira/
- Published: 2024-04-25T09:45:43-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

All Photos by N.C. Stevens Article by N.C. Stevens. Atlas Obscura: Gastro Obscura – April 2024. Indigenous Brazilians have fermented alcoholic beverages from the cassava root for thousands of years. These beer-like beverages go by names like cauim, caxiri, and tarubá. Fermentation is an important step in cassava processing — the raw root has chemicals that can turn into cyanide in the human body. […] Click here to view original web page at www.atlasobscura.com