Janis R.
A Peruvian company that makes beer from coca leaves now has plans to export its product to countries like China, Venezuela, and South Africa. The company making the beer is a supporter of the National Confederation of Coca Farmers, a group that advocates for more organized production of coca plants. The beer is named Apu, and is already sold in southeastern cities of Peru like Cusco, the well-known gateway city to legendary Machu Picchu.
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March 21, 2009
Peruvian coca farmers presented a series of products made with coca leaves this week at a fair. Among them was beer made with coca leaves, which is to be exported to China and South Africa
Apu, the new beer, is sold in south eastern Andean cities such as Cusco, said Ahmed Alarcon, the general manager of the company that produces the coca beer.
March 21, 2009
It is enjoyed mainly by tourists that Machu visits Picchu, Alarcon said.
He explained that the company was working at the moment in the paper to export the beer to China, South Africa, Argentina and Venezuela.
The plant of the production that is located in the city of Andahuaylas - apurimac - Peru can take place to 180,000 bottles per month