How Families In India Are Keeping A 500-Year-Old Cashew Liquor Tradition Alive | Still Standing

Feni is a rare liquor made from cashew fruit, and it's produced only in Goa, India. While some brands are pushing to take feni to the mainstream, this family has survived by hand making small batches and selling locally.
The Gaonkar family only sells the liquor locally and does not have a website.
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How Families In India Are Keeping A 500-Year-Old Cashew Liquor Tradition Alive | Still Standing

[@dynamiteeinaa879]

People who are disgusted by the boots must have never seen an american winery making wine... Smh.

[@Touchdown-op5qg]

In case you didn’t see 3:38

[@jeromebergeron9527]

@@itsjustmoses4313 I think he meant more that they are just walking bare foot (and earlier sweating) on the same surface where the juice was prepared. I know that people like to pretend it’s just Americans who are abit grossed out by lower hygiene standards but I guarantee you that other countries don’t find this appealing food safety practices.

[@tat6379]

@@jeromebergeron9527 l have watched all episodes of gordon ramsay's kitchen nightmare and 24 hrs to hell and back and I swear even a roadside shitty hotel in india have good hygiene than your so called beautiful from outside and Disgusting from inside restaurants 😂

[@russ9445]

5:14 if you didn't know

[@vbansal3932]

@@tat6379 Thank you for this tight slap to these hypocrites

[@TheBakuganmaster99]

People talking about hygiene have no idea how wine is made in some areas of italy.

[@ArmandoFloresAvila]

😂😂😂

[@marco46179]

Was a old technique literally , we use machine to grind and separate the must god dog

[@avocedo975]

Or cheese, i mean that maggoty cheese

[@mackenziemenezes5745]

Hey love from goa MOG asu

[@alicea5]

I have no idea how wine r made anywhere. But yea, the items seen r dirty and well, do make me concern for hygiene.

[@navinsoni806]

This has a GI index. Pure feni is found in local bars. The first distillation is Urrak which has a more fruity palette, and is a seasonal drink having a short shelf life. Typically enjoyed during summer. Feni gets better in time. Can be consumed at any time of the year. Proud to be a Goan!!

[@namedrop721]

That’s interesting that urrak is a short shelf life, is it because it’s less alcoholic?

[@reubinthomas]

​@@namedrop721 Urrak is usually stored or bought in plastic bottles because it's not commercially produced like Fenny. You can keep it in glass bottle and refrigerate for a slightly longer shelf life. I think the shorter shelf life is because it's very fruity. I prefer Urrak to Feny.

[@iamhindustanian]

Hi brother,i going to visit Goa next week which feni brand is best and good and what would you prefer and refer

[@lqsauls]

Send me some 🙏🏽

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Champions League USD SGD

[@WillAdamMusic]

I lived in Goa for 4 years. Hated feni at first, it's a very acquired taste, but now I love it especially served with Limca, half a green chilli and a little pudina (mint). Still visit 3-4 times a year and always bring back a local-made feni, usually sold in a repurposed Bisleri water bottle. You know it's the good stuff.

[@keshavpandat5083]

Those Asian Paints buckets are so durable, you can find those buckets in every Indian household, mine are almost 10 years old and still looks new 😂😂😂

[@ayie.r5710]

😮

[@ramakrishnannedumaran2761]

😂😆🤣

[@Rohit-Yaduvanshi]

Yes🤭🤭

[@khushalsharma7693]

Mine also

[@arthpandey4895]

Hahahah right! ✌🏼🤣

[@SadishhhTV]

A moment of silence to those who didn't take their chemistry classes seriously and end up stating that it is unclean after two distillation processes.

[@kosakata8632]

You're wrong, Yes it might be bacteria free but not toxin free Distillation work based on evaporation, the problem is bacteria secretion also in form of liquid, it also evaporate along with alcohol

[@bonsallz]

@@kosakata8632 During the act of fermentation to produce alcohol the environment produced by the yeasts has low oxygen and kills of many bad bacteria and cultivates good kinds. Fermentation is one of the worlds oldest food preparation and preservation techniques. Of course things can still go wrong and I'm sure bad batches happen but there are easily identifiable from the hundreds if not thousands of batches they make with their hundreds of years of experience that has been passed down. Plus with any distillation there are there are toxins and unpleasant compounds that come over at the first stages but thats why the heads are thrown out and normally the hearts and tails are collected.

[@duduntheboy8384]

@@bonsallz dude I'm in second grade wtf are u talking About XD

[@moonlight-kr8sq]

@@Mantashapz123 then don't drink it

[@dormy6209]

@@Mantashapz123 the spores are dead too

[@Clklom]

I came across this video and I am from Goa. My family is still producing Cashew feni and urak in Goa but only for our family and relatives consumption. Moat of the Cashew apples comes from neighbouring states like karnataka and Maharashtra. We used to drink Cashew urak and feni the day you are born and the day you die. For the weddings in Goa it was a must and for every feasts and festivals in Goa.

[@jayatisaha1248]

Hi D M....... Can I please get the contact number of Santosh. I am a researcher and wanted to speak to him for a paper i am writing. Thanx in advance 🙏

[@geethikapriyadarshini2228]

@@jayatisaha1248 who is santosh

[@jayatisaha1248]

@@geethikapriyadarshini2228 Santosh Gaonkar, the person in the video who is giving the interview

[@AoptimisticNihilist]

​​@@jayatisaha1248oh Santosh, he's a friend, share your email. I'm not sure about directly sharing his contact. I'll share you email id with him

[@sonyafoster8337]

It's such an eye opener for me I didnt even know of this process,may you continue to strive in what you do.

[@saikrishnajalagam9787]

If this fruit was available in Italy feni would have been marketed in such a artistic perspective that it would cost 100 times the cost.

[@user-kd4mi8xb7p]

It would've been done with more cleanliness in Italy as well Edit: A lot of people are getting caught up on "clean vs. unclean". Whether it's Italian or Indian liquor, it is clean after distillation. However, the cost of production (cleanliness, time, availability, can all be a factor) before-hand will add to the cost. When there is more care in a product before-hand, there is an additional cost. Think of free-range chicken or A5 Wagyu beef. The care before the product reaches it's final form adds to the cost. Lastly, a lot of Italian wines have been aged for many years which adds to the cost. This Indian wine is not aged nearly as long as artisan Italian wines.

[@SevenHunnid]

I smoke weed every day 😭 But i get paid to smoke it on my KZbin channel so it balances out😂😂‼️

[@onespotermadia6280]

@@user-kd4mi8xb7pif you understand the fundamentals of chemistry and micro biology you would realize the manner in which it is prepared is absolutely necessary for its taste and alcohol potency. Just research the process of fermentation as it relates to bacteria. In Italy machines would do all that, with additives and it would be stupidly overprice🤷‍♂️ just saying.

[@user-kd4mi8xb7p]

@@sagarsaini7559 I'm sure they don't step on their tomatoes with muddy boots

[@user-kd4mi8xb7p]

@@onespotermadia6280 Nope, lots of liquor are made without stepping on the fruits with dirty boots. It's not necessary, you're just making things up and telling me to "look it up".

[@aclockworkwacko]

"Working hard during the day makes me fresh and I sleep well at night" That's a wise man, right there.

[@singhhappy6401]

really ?

[@bobshenix]

@@singhhappy6401 Yes really. Physical exertion is a major key to good health.

[@anelpasic5232]

That is common knowledge, you must live in a city to think perceive those words as wise...

[@aclockworkwacko]

@@anelpasic5232 irrespective of your dwelling place... it's a wise statement!!

[@yyg4632]

yea thats a pretty simple and lovely way of living and looking at things

[@myrasingh924]

I am from india and i really proud of my country beacuse of its tradition snd culture❤. It has many hard workers who did there best to keep the tradition alive 🇮🇳

[@umakantapradhan5745]

Chutiya jesa har jaga proud hi kyun karte ho

[@Love_forever426]

damn💀

[@senioritaexotica]

I hope your people learn hygiene.

[@trisha7127]

Are you mental 😑

[@zhinkunakur4751]

@@senioritaexoticaI hope you learn the "how much is enough " part of the Hygiene chapter in your schools , Indians naturally have a higher tolerance for food quality anatomically, but I do think the case presented here in the video is good enough since it's distilled 2 times and also microorganisms cannot survive that high of alcohol level . We rarely get sick from food we eat here .

[@SumanYadav-qv4so]

My mom's a Goan and in her village this tradition is alive and it tastes too amazing, 😍

[@satya_kartik8795]

She made it still standing. Even at her very old ripen age, she is saving their traditional process. Salute to her hard work

[@user-bf6bt9vi5h]

It takes millions of dollars and dozens of talented engineers to use new technologies

[@ferpz968]

its like their routine

[@satya_kartik8795]

@Aparna Prassanth I am much thankful to your appreciation. She deserves love and respect.. May God bless her.

[@maddog6397]

let's drink the unfermented cashew juice. cheers for that wonderful comment 👣🥂🍻

[@satya_kartik8795]

@@maddog6397 you are welcome for your appreciation.

[@JenniferPinto]

Anyone who's feeling icky about the stomping process should know that cashew fruit/nut has corrosive oils in them which are used for waterproofing boats etc., and thus using bare feet to stomp out the juice is not an option and machines get corroded easily which is not feasible for these small handcrafting families(maintenance cost will get higher than revenue). The alcohol is distilled anyways so it's clean.

[@seronio9639]

Thanks

[@gasun1274]

people are forgetting that today in europe expensive liquor producers still use bare feet to stomp grapes. chinese maotai does the same, and the chinese ferment them in bare ground🤢🤮

[@JenniferPinto]

My grandma has few cashew trees around her house and when she roasted the nuts she would apply coconut oil on her hands before handling the cashews otherwise the oil from cashew could cause your skin to peel off horribly

[@Sennken]

You do realize that we have materials other than metal, right? Rock, wood, clay etc. I understand that millennials hardly know how things can be automated other than using MACHINES, but humanity has invented a lot of cool stuff over the millennia that can reduce the workload massively.

[@hugosetiawan8928]

@@gasun1274 so you're disgusted with the chinese or smth? Even tho it's the same with this one?

[@desired397]

I love that folks have found their niche product. Id love to try it one day but living thousands of kilometers away I'm probably out of luck. I think the only thing I would question is their practice of taking the first distillate and adding it back to the still. In every other distillation process I've seen the first (and last) distillates are usually where you get most of the unwanted gunk, water and any unwanted alcohols that you don't want in your drink. That said, most of the processes I'm familiar with involve corn or grains, so using fruit its possible this isnt an issue (similar to making wine making)

[@ruchisaraswat7380]

No bro you are not out of luck ... It's just this thing is keeping up to India only coz of their family tradition ,,, if some person would open a start up for feni we'd be grateful to see many people drinking and enjoying it ..🇮🇳

[@healthytalk666]

This seems laborious and long! Doing all the hard works.... Loved watching....

[@ybleecr]

Often people demand stuff to be 'authentic'...but when they see stuff authentic to this level, they will literally judge you for something thats literally how they make things...youve asked for authenticity...like what more would you like?....

[@THB_DX]

This process is a lot less scary once you realize that the only ingredients that make it into the final product must be heated to over 170 F. If they sold the undistilled fruit "beer" it would probably be dangerous to drink.

[@tjbrat44]

Yes!!!!! Much better than the knowledge of what ppl can/will do to our fast food UGH

[@Patmations21]

money is funny

[@phillipsales7697]

ammm authentic but clean would be nice..

[@phillipsales7697]

@Home Banger ehhhhh sure? :)

[@iustitiamerchantxiv5872]

The final product was distilled twice so people don't have to worry about it being unhygienic. The same method is applied to the old way of making wines in the West.

[@dyllllllan]

Yeah, except they drink the juice as they go…

[@death5913]

Still not drinking it

[@ncxo1975]

@@death5913 we.... Really don't care if you wanna drink it or not

[@death5913]

@@ncxo1975 would you put that thing in your mouth?

[@bharathrider7831]

@@death5913 Yes, it's distilled. Also it's alcohol content is fairly high, which prevents the growth of bacteria and other microbes.

[@drkhushbooraikar]

As a Goan watching this makes me so proud and happy 🤍

[@Kunn_051]

My parents are in Goa rn and i told them to bring me some, they are gonna bring it soon, i am so excited to try it.

[@b08no]

How did it taste?

[@TojiFushigoroWasTaken]

This is actually very sustainable. Usually the cashew apples are discarded after removing the cashew nuts and that would go to the landfills. Here its turned into alcohol, cattle feed and eventually manure for the plants.

[@Anamer22]

The cashew fruit is made candy in my country. But we don't make alcohol with it.

[@Ass_of_Amalek]

landfills? clearly you are not a farmer or gardener. :'D nobody is taking fruit waste from a farm to a landfill. that stuff is composted on site or just spread out back under the trees where it would naturally fall and rot. sending it to a landfill would cost money and deprive the field of more nutrients unnecessarily. of course making spirit from it instead can be profitable. I hear cocoa fruit pulp is also sometimes used to make alcohol, though I'm not sure if it gets distilled. if such fruit waste can be made into enjoyable spirits rather than lower potency wines, that makes it more marketable due to its long shelf-life.

[@perseusvlasov367]

@@Anamer22 candy?? What's the name??

[@devannared7757]

In my country we ate it like the usual fruit with salt and chili it taste pretty good

[@Anamer22]

@@perseusvlasov367 We call it "dulce de cajuil" it's more like a jam, but you can't use it as spread.

[@IgorRyltsev]

Made by bare feet in Europe the price goes up 100 times.

[@zanxrev8569]

ikr

[@guacamoleniqqapeniss7317]

White people

[@graceroymohammed3705]

U anioning

[@rlm2933]

I love the flavor bare foot it makes more texture

[@blitzchamp3854]

Its distilled so its definitely clean. Actually you could use it to kill germs if its alcohol content to 70%... 😉👍👍👍

[@kunalkumarsingh8560]

So nice to see that this family is keeping their old traditions alive... actually loved the process of making feni.

[@ericaennis3088]

Not only will handmade taste better, but the value of the ecological impact can’t be overstated in this fossil fuel-intensive industrialized world

[@Aloewells]

They should just name it a brand and sell it at HARD ALCOHOL prices like RUM, WHISKY. should also add a premium rate for HANDMADE, LIMITED and SEASONAL ALCOHOL.

[@J__C_]

Good idea

[@J__C_]

Goa is already a popular tourist destination, so branding this Alcohol and giving it a distinctively Goan Identity would make it easily identifiable and marketable (both in India and abroad)

[@nilnil8411]

It's seasonal and it's supply is unpredictable

[@J__C_]

@Jock Ma it can be exported.

[@samuraiboi2735]

Well sure yes they can but most of ther family members go to bigger cities and just forget their cashew wine experience and do their new life so ummmm yeah they still need more support from people mostly travellers that way they can open shops and now make a brand for it

[@GabGotti3]

Imagine if it said “Made in France”. It’d be $75 for a liter.

[@GabGotti3]

@STALIN why do you look like Sergio Ramos

[@chitrikart2328]

@STALIN why you looking like sergio

[@darkone12491]

This wouldn't even come close to meeting requirements to be sold in the west

[@MemesthanYoutube]

with GI tag

[@alansilva9548]

Or not.

[@christophkagermeier6417]

I am german, i like it. Very good , . Best spirt of india

[@rosenia5409]

Oh wow I never knew how cashews look like, that’s amazing. Hope to also try this liquor one day!

[@forcedhaircut]

why are people talking about people saying its unhygienic when i don’t see anybody saying it’s unhygienic.

[@enthusiastsajan713]

Try the newest comments feature!!

[@ru.ebn_]

Im the 69th liker

[@svang1013]

People like to make shit up so they have something to complain about.

[@forcedhaircut]

@@svang1013 sounds about right given today’s society.

[@tripleh3084]

Exactly lmao

[@PhilLin]

It's amazing to see how people around the world can live and work so differently.

[@Ben-tp3vd]

I mean this is a fairly similar process to how moonshiners in the Appalachian make Shine.

[@dumbledore192]

@aryaman ..preparation looks really yucky

[@mother.95]

@@dumbledore192 West with all their hygiene was the first to fall to covid. Meanwhile, India strived for 1 year before finally succumbing to it. Guess who have stronger immunity. Def Not the western countries

[@SevenHunnid]

I get paid to smoke weed in my KZbin videos 🔥💯

[@Filippenzen413]

@@mother.95 keep drinking from the rivers.

[@DaveVargas90012]

I really appreciate the uploaded content on this channel.

[@hrishikeshparab1236]

Beautiful video. Makes me miss my native village in Sindhudurg.Thank you business insider for making this even though BI is the last name I would have imagined making a video of this kind 😂.

[@selvamvelu758]

Anyone who says about using their feet must understand that they undergo distillation to evaporate the alcohol and separate it from the mixture which is free of dirt and impurities.. They do it twice.. !!!

[@Jake-dh9qk]

Lol but the place they juice these at looks like a toilet. Doesnt matter if they distill it. I wouldnt drink my whisky if I knew they did it in a squatting toilet

[@PalmsDesign]

@@Jake-dh9qk better start looking up water treatment plants

[@BUSTtheTIVO]

@@Jake-dh9qk everything is yucky when you see how it's made... Furthermore we eat a lot of disgusting thing without knowing, like insects, rat fur, shit, human hair, cloth fibers..... Unless you home cook your meal, your food will be sharing place with a multitude of diverse yuckness... relax, man we will survive :D

[@megha8783]

@@Jake-dh9qk one of most idiotc commnt frm a chuti**

[@rajeshganesan1968]

@@Jake-dh9qk You deserve no likes for your comment man :P

[@Q-lays]

I'd imagine they could cut the man power in half by letting tourists stomp on them for 5-10 minutes for 5$.

[@frog2226]

But theres not much tourists

[@syankha8329]

There's little to no tourists and usually tourists dont do it well, so it is imperfect.

[@TheMartian11]

@@syankha8329 extra cash though

[@CMak-gj4hm]

That’s just slavery with extra steps

[@julesbrags1661]

@@CMak-gj4hm If people are doing it for fun, why not? I wouldn't mind being part of a centuries old tradition of making liquor from a culture that is outside of mine for an immersive experience, even if it's just minutes.

[@diogoxavierrodrigues7712]

Amazing... Hat's Off to this family for thier Hardworking & to keep this disterling technique alive.

[@dannyryanlannon784]

This sounds amazing, my friend told me about how delicious the fruit that grows with cashews is and I will be buying a bottle asap. thanks

[@navinsoni806]

Get it from local bars. It's cheap and quality stuff. The ones they sell at liquor shops and supermarkets here are adulterated.

[@manji6833]

Everyone is saying it's dirty, but I guess no one knows what distillation does.

[@EKleKtiKSound]

We understand exactly what it does its still disgusting thinking about the 100 degree heat and the sweating on top of of that pulp and sweating getting into the juice.....not to mention their dirty crusty feet stepping in the vessel itself in one scene

[@manji6833]

@@EKleKtiKSound All impurities are extracted and pathogens are killed 😐 The only risk is alcohol poisoning. How do you think alcohol was made before the industrial revolution?

[@minaolenella869]

@@EKleKtiKSound you know the best and most expensive wines are made by stomping bare feet. And they do not even go through destillation process.

[@toddburgess5056]

Not dirty, just foul tasting!

[@mehroonnisa3332]

0by

[@YtDay]

I see a lot of people don't know what distilling means, and therefore think that the end product is unclean. Distilling is where a substance is boiled in a pot, the condensation (steam that would normally go into the air, but is instead caught at the top of the pot) will trickle down through a pipe which leads to a container, this process seperates the gnarly stuff (dirt, bugs and bacteria to name a few) from the liquid. They do this process a few times to make sure the end product is as clean as possible.

[@crazyscott2646]

It is so funny that people think it dirty! They don't want to see how wine, whiskey or any other fermented alcohol! Have a blessed day!

[@lindahandley5267]

Just like American moonshine.

[@dairhat]

I was really unsure for the first half of the video lol

[@evelring2366]

Ah thank you for the info

[@YtDay]

@Jay M In no way do i consider myself in expert, i just see that people don't know what distilling is, so i tell them. And of course, given the option i will drink the one with the more clean process of making.

[@costco_aka_packin]

Very interesting. Never heard of it really till now. i hope that family is stronger than ever n growing stronger

[@zorawaryousufzai9660]

If this "Feni" was made in Europe or US ... the product would be marketed & sold at such an insane premium that the makers would earn in the millions, each year

[@CakeSeeker]

haha no, the makers wouldn't make millions, the capitalist owners of the factory would :)

[@kanaler5924]

Um, it's not just where it is made, it is if it has a good reputation and high interest among people. Though I think there are better products than alcohol to sell for the benefit of everone regardless of where it is made.

[@CakeSeeker]

@@kanaler5924 Well it actually is dependant alot of where stuff is produced, or more accurately the people controlling the region where is is produced, or also the trade agreements the area has with the rest of the world. Because of the area it is produced it is counted as "country liquor" as described in the video, and just because of that definition that mainly comes from it being produced in the country side of India people already have a bias towards its. Compare it to tequila or any other type of spirit that is widely popular, which became popular when the Spanish started consuming it in south America and trading it back to Spain.

[@kanaler5924]

@@CakeSeeker Re read what I wrote and think about what you said. It is about reputation and high interest as you admit. The people who made this has not yet made the product widely popular. The famous brands you know of started from the bottom. Do you think they where all widely known and saught after just like that because of their region before the reputation spread or someone marketed it?

[@Harsh-dh4eb]

soo true : /

[@IrishLincoln]

This is basically cashew moonshine. I see some people talking about cleanliness. In the end it doesn't matter. Everything is sterilized by distillation.

[@narayan6449]

yes right thise whi dont have knowledge of process Shit out bad

[@edwardspencer9397]

My aunty's mother who died couple of years used to make cashew fenny. Not just Goa, Mangalore too has a lot of cashew trees but very few people know to make Cashew Fenny. We had a few cashew trees in our house. Cashew fruit tastes great but is also very acidic. Can literally burn your hands. Toddy that they mentioned however is made by a lot of folks.

[@Mike-lx9qn]

The former is made in a much more sanitary enviroment, and not with ancient, outdated methods.

[@hamadikadousi5589]

سبحان الله العظيم وبحمده عدد خلقه ورضا نفسه وزنة عرشه ومداد كلماته حبيبي يا رسول الله

[@Mike-lx9qn]

@@hamadikadousi5589 And don't say, "I speak whichever language I want, and I'm proud," because no one cares, no one asked. This comment section is in English. The video is in English. The whole story is in English, sent from English reporters in India.

[@kundanmukhia4943]

I drank arak and feni way long back may be 20 years ago in goa but still the taste lingers in my tongue.....wish i could get some more....

[@AreHan1991]

Great movie! I spent a lot of time in Goa as a young adult, and this brought back memories (I hated the feni though!). I learned something new too, I didn’t know that the cashew came from Brazil

[@Queeny0212]

Brazil and Goa were once upon a time a colonies of Portuguese that’s how .. And most of the people from Brazil and Goa share similar last names…

[@patty_rish]

Ah hell. Everyone worried about the boots and mud obviously dont realize that distillation removes impurities. This is how we make moonshine in the south. 🥴🤷🏼‍♀️

[@softaildiaries]

I know, it really shows how stupid people are.

[@marshal_anon4522]

I mean I've seen people say trimming a horses hooves hurt the horse, so it's not surprising

[@prasadpitt8443]

Its taste like pure vodka 😋

[@D3nn1s_NL]

It says enough how less people know about stuff like this. I love moonshine!

[@Drew-od4dh]

You mean, in the south of USA

[@presidentcamacho4236]

I remember my boss from India brought this to a party once. He brought it in a water bottle which seemed strange but he explained that he basically had to smuggle it out. We tried it (he also brought strawberries, you take a shot and eat a strawberry. Tasted incredible and we all got super hammered. Almost no hangover whatsoever. Wish I was able to get my hands on the real stuff again.

[@HardikSingh-ll6ms]

Where are u from buddy??

[@presidentcamacho4236]

@@HardikSingh-ll6ms Missouri, USA

[@HardikSingh-ll6ms]

@@presidentcamacho4236 and who's ur boss ? And what do you work??

[@JenniferPinto]

@@HardikSingh-ll6ms wow, 10 points for subtlety!👏👏👏

[@jafar499]

@@HardikSingh-ll6ms don’t be weird bro

[@Cray-wilder]

I see a lot of people who are complaining about hygiene didn't go to school it seems.

[@valethewolf49]

I never knew there were cashew fruits!! I would love to try this Liquor ❤️

[@tholytholyovic8420]

People are very inventive when comes to get drunk.

[@eswaribalan164]

dont need to get drunk to taste and enjoy good stuff.

[@Gill1923]

Why did I expect there to be some sort of credit for the person who said this at the end. Seems like a thing that an intellectual would say, but then I don’t even know you so, forgive my assumptions.

[@MrLoobu]

Its universal to the human animal.

[@secretname2093]

Did you know Aztecs accidentally invented chocolate after they failed making booze

[@museves]

@@secretname2093 so, even failing to get drunk still taste good moral of the story: get drunk or delicious trying

[@krushingitt]

Imagine if one of those kids get educated and learn about digital marketing, insta... they could build a highly successful online business

[@edwardspencer9397]

Naa all the goans and mangaloreans are abroad now. Either the Gulf, USA or Australia. No one would be interested in this.

[@gokul9039]

Yeah.. But these cant be sold outside Goa or export to other Countries.

[@Mike-lx9qn]

That would require these beverages to be exported, which wouldn't work well. But it is possible to ship the fruits to the location, make it there, add preservatives, and then hand them over. But that would only work if the bussiness was booming and they actually _could_ export it.

[@Mike-lx9qn]

And Instagram is a social platform. Real bussiness rarely comes out of there. But it does _help_ with your bussiness ventures if you keep an eye on the popular opinion, and in how celebrities try to influence the media to predict yiur next move.

[@GROWINGROOTSBotany]

@@gokul9039 yeah. Even it is not allowed to next States. Only opened bottles are allowed

[@Rishikesh-Patel]

The juice which they drank in between the process is called "Neero". It is sweet and very testy. I still remember the day when I drank that juice... Mind-blowing❤

[@manuelromerodiaz5278]

The best is how clean it’s everything 🤩🤩🤩

[@Zopdoz]

Imagine the centuries of craftmanship that goes into brewing this specific liquor, man....

[@gunjankumar6566]

That's economy

[@ScarabKing143]

@@gunjankumar6566 , yeah you're right it's economics. It's also their traditions.

[@gunjankumar6566]

@@ScarabKing143 That's another thing brother. But for families like these, both of them are same.

[@TLPcreative]

I prefer this to some stupid chemical process that's reassuring you to get cancer

[@ScarabKing143]

@@gunjankumar6566 , indeed. ;-) We also have here in the Philppines a Tuba, a coconut wine. My neighbor always makes tuba. He puts it in the bamboo jar or in claypot. It's very sweet and tasty wine. When he dries the tuba under the heat of the sun, the tuba will become a sour vinegar. His children finished their studies because of his tuba. He once said that he will ne proud as a tuba maker.

[@MoabOliveira11]

I'm from northeast Brazil (native region of Cashew) and my city has the biggest cashew tree of the world. Am currently living in south Brazil but I'm happy to know that people from Goa created a wonderful drink with this little fruit. It's sad that I live too far to drink this. Congrats 🇧🇷🤝🏼🇮🇳

[@socio-economicnewsnetwork4740]

It's Portuguese liquor, I am indo Portuguese from goa

[@Ammeo]

I would not want to drink this juice even if im paid for it. This looks unhygienic

[@ujvalbanda2867]

@@Ammeo No one wants to listen to your music as well even if they were paid. It seems too bland bruh cope up + Make better beats.

[@Ammeo]

@@ujvalbanda2867 Itni kyun jal rhi hai. Sahi to baat ki mein ne. Kitna unhygienic process hai

[@ujvalbanda2867]

​@@Ammeo ve ise do baar aasavan karthe hain isiliye ye saaph hotha hai.

[@FortuneSuzhi]

I hope they got a lot of money from this video. These people need to help getting their business out.

[@PN_Neril]

Fermentation period is 3 days. In Kerala, making feny is unlawful and punishable. So hundreds of tons of cashew apples go waste every year, though, manyvpeoples make the liquor secretly.

[@fidhaswaliha416]

But toddy is legel there, right?

[@PN_Neril]

@@fidhaswaliha416 Yes, but, Coconut toddy.

[@nadiaaluis]

I'm so happy seeing so many people here supporting them. I'm truly a proud Goan

[@VishalNamani]

🤮🤢

[@extremememer]

Great 👍 👌

[@firecrackermoody]

Know where to find feni in Brooklyn nyc?

[@shaanvazarkar012]

Me too, it’s great so see our Goan culture getting recognised on such a huge scale. Isn’t it?

[@nadiaaluis]

@@shaanvazarkar012 It indeed is!

[@rodlin5488]

What comes as a warning from all Goans though is that, 'You should never go swimming after having a few sips of the famous feni! '

[@patrickhandali]

As in you'd be drunk and all?

[@sidhanthym]

But why?

[@Subhrajyoti]

why?plz say

[@fourdoorsmorehoes]

​@@sidhanthym because its easier to drown when you are drunk

[@fourdoorsmorehoes]

@@Subhrajyoti ​ @Sidhanth because its easier to drown when you are drunk

[@yukki_1.0]

our indian culture..hats off to the family ...they keep alive old traditions in today 's tech world

[@firechilli9893]

can anyone in india be a choudhary ??

[@yukki_1.0]

@@firechilli9893 what you mean

[@kindiikurnel4444]

Pls governments do something about this tradition, the ancestors must be the one to share knowledge to us like these things and they're really deserved to have a better life. So sad .. 😔

[@sabatino1977]

"Decades of experience and close observation." You can't buy that with money, only with time, effort, sweat and perseverance.

[@sanjogh777]

I wish they could get rid of the sweat. It's a little disgusting. Other than that, looks fine.

[@JB-dm6zt]

Decades of experience but they don't pour out the methanol lmao.

[@TomarBoroDada]

@@sanjogh777 it's distilled Only the alcohol and water is present in the final product Nothing else 6th grade chemistry bruh ...

[@grossschmidt]

So neat. Making this liquor is so much apart of there lives. If you do something everyday, every detail will expose itself.

[@billusandda5845]

He literally said hard work gets him better sleep. You know he likes what he is doing. Just such a genuine person right there

[@indigobrain7450]

Ofcourse, after dropping lot of sweat in that mess. And he's earning a good pay so he likes it.

[@mohammedattal8887]

@@indigobrain7450 I don't think having an indigo brain is healthy much. Get help.

[@indigobrain7450]

@@mohammedattal8887 Then your thinking is wrong kid but I appreciate your stupid confidence, go & study, playing stupid games won't help you in future.

[@indigobrain7450]

@Kimberly Woodbury In India season of such seller means like 3-4 weeks according to which Rs 2500/- per day isn't that bad in this country, moreover the selling of feni in black market also makes them a lot of money which is out of your imagination. Dude this is India, don't compare it with other countries.

[@dio707.]

@@indigobrain7450 such a dumb guy, bro, do you even know what distillation means? you really need to do your left-out homework

[@riyak4630]

My grandmom and uncle use to make feni now my grandmom is no more and uncle is too old to do the process so he sells cashews and earns his living I remember during childhood in vacations I use to accompany my grandmom in collecting cashew apples golden memories miss those days

[@vineetasinghverma5534]

Huge respect!

[@melanie8ee]

Guys, this shit is twice distilled, any particles are left behind, the vapor cools and turns to liquid. Vapors don’t carry dirt. It’s perfectly clean and safe.

[@iloveeveryone123]

no matter how many times you distill dog barf im still not eating it

[@saxs3351]

@@iloveeveryone123 you do realise that there is fish pee throughout the ocean, most red candy is made of crushed beetles and a lot of perfumes contain whale vomit. People use distilled ‘gross’ products everyday.

[@KanekiWint]

@@iloveeveryone123 I agree

[@prind142]

Did you miss the part where the guy literally drinks it even though he got mud all over his boots before he started?

[@duongnguyenthuy705]

I know why this is not a common way to produce cashew wine. BECAUSE ITS WAY TOOO DIRTY. How can anyone say this is a good way to make cashew wine.....

[@uku1994]

I am from Goa and this makes me utterly happy. It is quite a strong liquor for those who want to know and also an acquired taste. This along with the local port wine, has an everlasting impression.

[@bennybar_10_duh59]

❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@jubairen3040]

Hey bro, Do you know the location of this village?

[@Minimeister317]

Never heard of Feni, but then again, I had never heard of Waragi until I went to Uganda

[@the-chipette]

I have a cashew allergy so can’t ever try this delightful looking beverage but much respect for the family keeping this tradition alive! Perhaps a juice press and more hygienic methods could help speed up the process.

[@spitalhelles3380]

maybe you can, because alcohol denatures the proteins you're allergic to.

[@AiraCamille]

When I was a kid my classmate will sell cashew nuts for 10 pesos. He will just pick cashews and roast it for few mins put in a cellophane then sell it. When you buy them in supermarkets they cost hundreds. Expensive much.

[@mausenpai215]

When i was a kid it was 3$ kilo now it's 6$ kilo.

[@chitrikart2328]

@@mausenpai215 how do you buy in dollars per kilo?

[@winkwink7318]

Yea it was very easy to get but yet expensive 😂

[@hotandspicypancitcanton4347]

Di ko pa natikman inihaw na kasoy perogusto ko ma try

[@gv3793]

@@SomeRandomGuy2636 Don’t know where op is from but I’m from Central America and they line creeks, roads and properties. My Grandparents had the trees as a property border. I remember we didn’t pay much attention and anyone was welcome to take some.

[@hautakleightontam771]

Why are people calling them 'unsanitary' when the fruit is supposed to ferment naturally, AND they're distilling the mash? Might as well complain about how their tap water was piss at some point.

[@tonyjones8278]

Exactly and the amount of crap in drinking water is ridiculous

[@eduardomadrigal1977]

I grew up in Mexico and I seen and done things that would make people in 1st world countries go (gross) but they just don't know what it takes without having machines or anything else and working with what you have.

[@jaimemontes3963]

The funniest thing is that there is a brewery here that leaves their brew over wild berries and allow wild bacteria and yeast to ferment it and they charge 12 for 6 pack, and top shelf rum use dunder pits and charger 50-60 for 750ml bottle

[@bruh.5620]

but it is unsanitary... like their hands could be dirty, boots could be dirty, their sweat can get in the alcohol, like whats not unsanitary

[@jaimemontes3963]

@@bruh.5620 do you even know what a dunder pit is, it’s literally a pit of rotting fruit and dead animals and that’s what gives it flavor and it’s completely safe because of distillation, hell even mezcal and whiskey use natural bacteria to ferment, that how they been doing it for centuries and it produces quality alcohol

[@johncameron4194]

Amazing. Good luck to the family

[@kamillaoriginal3148]

This is very great it's just while crushing the juice out of the fruit 😅 It can be much better and cleaner if you clean the boots and the ground and the products with all do respect i love the way you saving waste and the way you don't need machines i just want it to be cleaner and safer to drink to avoid sickness i apologize if i said something wrong and not using electricity is also very good i hope you would keep up the good work i would like to get some of your products thanks 🙏👍

[@Crsf84]

the saddest thing about this is the woman saying they can make 300 rupees a day. That’s £2.90 approx. I spend that in the shop on my way to work without a thought yet these people are knocking there self to bits for pennies and that’s for a whole day. Sometimes it’s things like this that makes you realise just how lucky you actually are.

[@Crsf84]

👆and right there folks is why breast fed millennials shouldn’t have the internet.

[@Alex-dn7vd]

nothing will change and nor should it. Why? because thats how the world works and nothing can force it to be different. This is way of life and it scales even worse than this, ie, most of Africa. If you try and force it to be different it will simply displace the way of life. World is balance and thats just life so cope. Live your own life and don't waste your time worrying about things that are impossible to change.

[@azeljoyportugues2580]

@@Alex-dn7vd that's called being practical. And knowing that some things are better off that way.

[@TashrifAlam]

Yeah but there is a huge difference in purchasing power. Their 300 rupees feeds their entire family, your 3 punds will buy you a cup of coffee. You are lucky but not by as much as you think.

[@DubzCo]

@@Crsf84 why breast fed though lol 😂

[@kurisu3250]

I see more comments complaining about hate comments(disgusted by boots) than the actual hate comments..

[@cool-jm1im]

Same

[@diakmef]

I complain about the smell of the fruit. I hate it. I can't be nowhere near

[@astonished4915]

ok

[@Axxxel_in_Harlem]

@Kanki K ok black spiderman.

[@Jade-px9wh]

change "top comments" to "new comments" you'll see lots of hate

[@akshayy_xd]

Feni tastes amazing too, honestly stole a few bottles and smuggled then out of Goa one time

[@topdopwoww]

Dont worry about the boots as it gets distilled and it is the purest after distillation

[@akiramakara2062]

It's sad that small businesses like this die out, I wish I could go to India to try some...

[@woobaby715]

hheyyy ur wrong this aint small buisness... ppl here are crazy to drink lolll.. this is only made in Goa, India.. btw this process is a tradition nd tates craazyyy3

[@sendmeyourlocation1145]

I hope it's dying don't wanna drink shoe's juice

[@synckar6380]

@@woobaby715 How is this not a small business? It's one lone family making 700$ a year.

[@jinsmirrorwhichjoonbrokeye8006]

@@woobaby715 yeah I know lol I once drinked it's good

[@axeonee]

@@JesusGodHolySpirit3 i have one word for ya. Distilation. Also it's the traditional way wine is made. In many places in the world its still made like this and it is insanely expensive. Also if the alcohol is potent enough it can litteraly kill bacteria. how is that dirty i have no idea.

[@laserfloyd]

The comments didn't disappoint about people freaking out about the boots used to mash it up. Tons of foods start off in a less than appetizing manner but it's the end product that matters because it's purified and/or refined to make sure it's clean. Besides, ethanol is a pretty darn good antiseptic. Cheers! 🍻

[@lalwaiwaia]

exactly

[@paradox_monke7338]

Exactly, probably the beer in the market is made out of the water in the river and then purified later.

[@mattbanks3517]

@Po Nomo the distillation step

[@nedj10]

@Po Nomo The copper thing, is a Stil a named dirived from the function it serves, Distilation...it does this through boiling the liquid until it vaporizes then passes it through a cooling tube where it cooled, the resulting liquid is very much "purified" by means of the production process..Try watching one of NileRed's videos if you are still confused.

[@arjunmehra5416]

I guess only people dumb enough will comment on boots being used. Machines for distilling have come recently, otherwise such kind of processess were being used from hundreds of years.

[@hvwj86]

Boots juice, I love it😂😂😂

[@gigagazdeliani9852]

Thanks for mentioning Georgia 🇬🇪 people often forget the homeland of Wine

[@stefcody578]

People literally become engineers when it's bout weed and drinks😂

[@k-m2574]

🤣

[@thedarkknight1865]

🤣

[@theoneaboveall8427]

Only weed . Alcohol makes you brainless

[@neverbaguette9-122]

you made me laugh^^

[@TheSilentdarkmuse]

@@theoneaboveall8427 brewing alcohol is no less than engineering man, go get your studies.

[@robertsantamaria4237]

Side effects of feni: after a shot grandma can sprint faster than Usain bolt

[@pathania3377]

Lmao 😂😂 perks of feni

[@eagleman5240]

What 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@detectivedouche9478]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@guysolis5843]

That's because grandma is running for the shitter..

[@dhenuvakondaniyathi1854]

Lmao 🤣 good one 😂

[@dontfindmychannel]

GOA IS NUMBER ONE!!!!

[@mayankraikar]

Love from Goa. Cheers!❤

[@DDELE7]

My grandma makes cashew fruit wine in Trinidad. Damn that’s some good stuff.

[@matthaishassanali6827]

ahh boy big up my island innt

[@DDELE7]

@@matthaishassanali6827 it’s hard to describe the taste but apparently the fruit is in the apple family. Just don’t get it on your clothes cause they tell me it stains like red wine.

[@isaiah3872]

I've heard about this before but never tried it. 🇹🇹 always has something new to experience

[@whereyamomat6667]

@@DDELE7 it's hard to describe because you're lying

[@BurgerKingFootLettuce]

I may be wrong but earlier,many workers from india went to Trinidad and settled there So I think or guess that it has a bit of a connection I may be wrong so correct me if I'm

[@pegasus2375]

This family needs our support , as an Indian I am really ashamed that we are forgetting our own culture

[@rutviktopkhanewale8335]

Facts

[@chezstik4855]

We need more ppl like you who realise this

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

I assume you live in India and help where you can?

[@pegasus2375]

@@tooyoungtobeold8756 yes I am Indian.... 😊

[@pegasus2375]

@@chezstik4855 There are many who realise this but we are unable to help them.... Some people here use fundraisers by telling us they help them and end up scamming us

[@1cleandude]

Fabulous video thanks 🙏

[@user-nt5qy4cd6f]

Happy to watch new episode of Dr. Stone :)

[@chem-jha6132]

Some people don’t know what’s distillation, don’t skip your chemistry class

[@TLPcreative]

I prefer this to some stupid chemical process that's reassuring you to get cancer

[@eeee8489]

@@TLPcreative r you dumb chemistry isn't stupid

[@eeee8489]

@@TLPcreative the chemical process is better and everything that's had chemical isn't bad

[@TLPcreative]

@@eeee8489 i prefer this distillation process

[@nishaad1205]

I learnt that in grade 7 lmao

[@d3vilmaycry25]

People who find this disgusting never listened to their Chemistry class.

[@heartbreakmanNo1]

......and they think butchering is cruel. as if yer meat grow on trees :y

[@CHICKENNUGGET69360]

Disgusting hygiene.

[@milanmishra8341]

@@CHICKENNUGGET69360 jesus ur ignorant

[@drwana698]

My god this comment section is going to come an all out war

[@drwana698]

@@heartbreakmanNo1 but this is about cashews not meat

[@PaulMichaelLevesque69]

I tried it once and it was a damn good liquor..

[@frazerbraganca23]

As a Goan I would like to tell the boots which they used were dirty I agree but that's the way they earn they can't afford to get machinery and if they don't make this feni it would be dead And they know about hygiene First it gets filtered to remove impurities Then it's heated which means all the bacteria and microbes are cleaned Then they distilled it 2 times and that vapourise n separate that’s what it is.. it turns to be 100 pure and safe As an example . The water that cms from rain it's the same water evaporated from gutters. Pond , muddy water and all the thing containing concentrations of water once that get evaporated and it get condensed it gives rain n that's clean it's the same with feni~🙂

[@frazerbraganca23]

And if u think it will cause fever and other problems u r wrong As a teen my grandfather used to apply it on stomach n give a sip fastest way to cure illness…n this was proved by experience by many people

[@Severyn26]

Old school olive cold press. Nothing to rust and way more efficient. Can be made with next to nothing in expenses.

[@sushankarekar5973]

The one that are complaining about the boots have literally never went to any winery. They stomp on the wine with bare feet and sweat also gets into it too

[@lakzury9293]

Exactly! Also it's distilled TWICE nothing made into the final product other than the liquor

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

no.. he had filthy muddy boots.. big difference

[@sushankarekar5973]

@@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367 Ye also the alcohol is distilled so no impurities make it into the end product

[@megsarna7429]

Shut up, are u living in d middle ages? It's all automated now.

[@drabatsabatayo3873]

@@megsarna7429 some of it not all

[@natf6747]

Honestly. If they would just make a website they could be rolling in the dough. I don’t even drink and I would buy a bottle simply because of the novelty.

[@Nshank]

Sadly it wouldn't be that easy to ship alcohol from Goa to other parts of the country... Every state have a different tax structures on Alcohol..

[@PeaceBubble]

They most probably don't have internet there. So making a website is not possible.

[@user-jd8jx5fe6r]

@@PeaceBubble everyone has internet dumbo

[@PeaceBubble]

@@user-jd8jx5fe6r Just because you were born in a family lucky enough to have internet doesn't mean everyone has access to it. That's a lot of ignorance from your part. Some poor villages are fortunate to even have a doctor living among them seeing the government doesn't built hospitals there. You can't possibly think they would even know about internet!

[@vetroverse]

@@user-jd8jx5fe6r not at all ! My father's family has no access to internet what so ever ! Please do some research before you comment something like this.

[@LuckFx]

3:16 indian Chris Pine!! The man could act in Bollywood if he knew the right people! But heseems happy and content with his life, which is more than most can say.

[@Rippinlips513]

The amount of cashews she’s probably collected over the years is insane

[@edd2264]

It’s unfortunate that this traditional drink is facing such uncertain times. I feel for this family who are struggling to maintain and keep this delicious drink alive and fresh in the minds for those who still cherish and value what this is all about. I used to enjoy a sip or two as a child and when I visited Goa last I definitely made it a point to savour the drink at every meal The resort suggested I try Feni and Limca - which I did and it was great. More power to those who believe in the old traditional ways even though an uphill struggle trying to keep it sustainable and yet enjoyable for those who value it…cheers to this traditional Goan drink !

[@hetalsuthar2706]

Old lady works so hard and is so good , I feel sorry for her .. hope her next generation would expand their family tradition .

[@UnoTamago]

Yea she would be happy

[@extremememer]

Yes

[@kartikpoojari22]

I remember my father used to tell me how It was their Family Occupation. Even my Grandmother used to this as a job but now no one does it because everyone of her children has moved to cities. We're the native Tulu speakers of Kasaragod Kerela.

[@DamarisRamirez]

Thanks for the video. In dominican repúblic we use the fruit to eat as it is natural or cook it with sugar and cinnamon and it become tasty "postre" and the seed is used as other nut.