Soft Drinks

Ginger Beer

Ginga Bia

Sierra Leone

A fierce, homemade Sierra Leonean ginger drink made by boiling large amounts of fresh ginger root with water, sugar, and cloves, then chilling it; intensely spicy and sweet, it is the classic street refreshment.

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What it is

A closer look at Ginger Beer.

A fierce, homemade Sierra Leonean ginger drink made by boiling large amounts of fresh ginger root with water, sugar, and cloves, then chilling it; intensely spicy and sweet, it is the classic street refreshment.

What to look for

Know it when you find it.

A cloudy, pale, very spicy-sweet ginger drink with a strong ginger burn and clove notes; served ice-cold.

Where it belongs

Origins and
traditions.

Food rarely respects a border. These are the places the dataset connects most strongly to Ginger Beer.

Native to

Sierra Leone

Country-wide tradition

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Traditional in

Liberia

Country-wide tradition

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Names around the table

One food, more than one name.

Ginger Beerprimary
Ginga Bialocal · 🇸🇱
Ginger Beerlocal · 🇱🇷

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