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kvass
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Kvass is a fermented, cereal-based, low-alcoholic beverage of cloudy appearance and a sweet and sour taste.
Kvass is a lightly alcoholic drink made from fermented grains that has a cloudy look and a flavor combining sweetness with sourness. It has been a traditional beverage in Eastern European and Russian cultures for centuries, valued both as an everyday drink and for its role in regional food traditions.
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Key facts
- Food.name
- Kvass
- Food.image
- Mint bread kvas.jpg
- Food.image_size
- 250px
- Food.caption
- A mug of mint kvass and its ingredients
- Food.alternate_name
- Kvas, kwas, gira, burakhi, kali
- Food.region
- Northeastern Europe; Central and Eastern Europe; Caucasus; Xinjiang, China; Heilongjiang, China
- Food.associated_cuisine
- Slavic (Belarusian, Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian), Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian and Uyghur cuisine
- Food.course
- Beverage
- Food.type
- Fermented low-alcoholic beverage
- Food.served
- Cold or room temperature
- Food.main_ingredient
- Rye bread or rye flour and rye malt, as well as water and yeast
- Food.minor_ingredient
- Berries, fruits, herbs, honey
- Food.variations
- Beetroot kvass, white kvass
- Food.calories
- 30–100
- Food.calories_ref
- (approximately)
- Food.protein
- <0.15
- Food.fat
- <0.10
- Food.carbohydrate
- 5.90
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- Kvass
- described by source
- Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
- native label
- gira
- cuisine
- Ukrainian cuisine
- time of earliest written record
- 0988-00-00
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- References
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Kvass is a fermented, cereal-based, low-alcoholic beverage of cloudy appearance and a sweet and sour taste.
Kvass originates from northeastern Europe, where grain production was considered insufficient for beer to become a daily drink. The first written mention of kvass is found in Primary Chronicle, describing the celebration of Vladimir the Great's baptism in 988.
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