Coconut wine, also known as tuba or bahalina, is a popular drink in the Philippines. Learn about its different variations and how it's made.

May 8, 2023 · Made from the sap of palm inflorescence, tuba is the favorite drink of those in the Philippines’ rural south, and especially in populous Visayan Islands like Leyte. It overflows at annual fiesta folk celebrations, baptisms and funerals, as well as dinners in poor areas.

A native wine that's the favourite of Filipinos, tuba has become a symbol of pride for local drinkers and enthusiastic foodies

Have you heard about coconut wine? Tuba is a fermented drink from the sap of coconut tree. Learn more about this drink and how we discover it.

Oct 8, 2024 · Tuba is a coconut sap-based wine, traditionally harvested by tuba gatherers, also known as "manananggot." These brave souls shimmy up towering coconut trees (sometimes with the grace of a drunk monkey) to extract the precious sap from coconut flower buds.

Mar 14, 2012 · There are four types of coconut wine tuba in the central and southern DRC. From the oil palm comes ngasi, dibondo comes from the raffia palm, cocoti from the coconut palm, and mahusufrom a short palm which grows in the savannah …

Dec 13, 2021 · If you’re travelling to the Philippines, one of the beverages you must try is tuba, or coconut wine. This sweet, alcoholic drink is refreshing and tasty, while also having rich cultural significance.

Sep 16, 2011 · Looking at the food map, it is no doubt that our pulang tuba (red coconut wine) is the most popular native wine in the Philippines. A coconut wine produced in Visayas and Mindanao that is maroon, red, or orange in color is fermented with tungog (mangrove tanbark).

Tubâ is a Filipino fermented – and lightly alcoholic – beverage obtained from the sap of different species of palm trees such as nipa and coconut palm. Tubâ has existed in the Philippines since pre-colonial times and is one of the few remaining authentic items of the Filipino culture.

Feb 22, 2023 · Coconut wine is known as tuba, bahal, or bahalina in the Visayas Islands, and as lambanog in Luzon. The distinction between them lies in their composition and color. The lambanog produced in Luzon is made from pure sap, resulting in a nearly transparent or whitish liquid, which is sometimes referred to as coconut vodka.