Chibuku
I thought I'd share some experiences from my Spring Break trip to Mzuzu.
The groundlings' drink is Chibuku. Its served exclusively at these "Chibuku bars" that make skeezy Boston bars look like grandma's house. The brown toxin is served, and most often chugged, from a milk carton whose top has been chopped off with a machete. I, being a man of the people, indulged myself. It has a flavor that the virgin drinker can handle for about three gulps (maybe add another three since you are so "into" the culture) before resigning to the fact that there is a 60% chance that you are going to vomit in ten minutes. To go along with the fermented yogurt taste is the texture: thick and gritty, as if the stuff was stirred in a mud hole and poured directly into the carton.
For twenty-five cents, though, you certainly get the bang for your buck.
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