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AGWA

Liquor

Friday, 22 June 2012

AGWA History

In 1820 the first Bolivian coca leaf liqueur, was manufactured by the De Medici in Bologna, Italy and sold throughout Europe. Rudyard Kipling described the powerful elixir as being made "from the clippings and shavings of angels wings", but the product was removed from the market with the banning of cocaine

But well before that, the native South American Indian population had used the coca leaf for ancient rituals for over 4000 years.

Neither the claims nor the effect are disputed but a leading Mayan Foundation contends that, "Herbal based beverages were at the centre of practices by Mayan elders. Among their people these elders were great men and visionaries. The visions gave direction to the tribe and were the result of taking a spirit fermented from herbs and then flavoured with honey"

This may indeed be a precursor to AGWA, however, the Mayan elders didn't actually drink the spirit. They filled a funnel shaped gourd (shell of a fruit) with the liquid and inserted it where the sun doesn't shine. This is not among the recommended ways to use AGWA…

Information from AGWA website: http://www.agwabuzz.us/