tejate
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Tejate is a frothy beverage of corn and cacao from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico (the Zapotec region), that has been consumed in both ritual settings and everyday labor.
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Tejate is a beverage from the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico, made mainly from corn and cacao and served with a raised foam. The source describes it as a ceremonial drink in the Zapotec region that has also held a role close to a staple food during periods of intense fieldwork.
The samples analyzed include tejate from three communities in Oaxaca, urban markets, and immigrant vendors in California, with reported ranges including moisture 54.6-94.9%, protein 7.0-13.7 g/100g DW, and lipid 2.8-20.2 g/100g. Because nutritional and chemical composition varies from recipe to recipe, it cannot be expressed as a single value.
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Checked for this overview: Matched to the ceremonial importance in the Zapotec region and the staple-food-like role during periods of fieldwork. / Matched to the analyzed samples from three communities and others, moisture 54.6-94.9%, protein 7.0-13.7, lipid 2.8-20.2, and the variation between recipes.
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Scope: Analysis of samples collected from 3 communities in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca, urban markets, and immigrant vendors in the United States
Note: The abstract does not give individual quantitative values for methylxanthines. Connection to cacao-related entities (compound-theobromine, etc.) is left for after a future full-text check.
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dish-tejate —contains→ "Made mainly from corn and cacao and served with a raised foam. A source of methylxanthines, energy, lipids, K, and Fe"Culture (1)
Scope: The Central Valleys of Oaxaca, Mexico
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dish-tejate —has_cultural_role_of→ "A ceremonial beverage in the Zapotec region that has also held a staple-food-like place during periods of intense fieldwork. Part of a lineage of foam-topped cacao-and-corn beverages with a long history in Mesoamerica"