A bottle of Cazulo's feni. It’s a blistering summer afternoon. While most of Goa settles in for a siesta, deep in the midst of cashew orchards, the cazkars—cashew pickers—begin their day’s work. They ...

When Yash Sawardekar was working as a flight attendant for an international airline, a Polish colleague asked him about India’s indigenous alcoholic beverage. The Poles drink vodka, the colleague said ...

Goans appease the ‘devchar’ with offerings of feni. Intoxicant, medicine, offering for the gods and supernatural spirits, rumoured aphrodisiac…Goa’s quintessential feni straddles all these worlds.

(From left) Cashew apples are crushed and fermented to make the local Goan drink Feni; Cazulo coconut Feni, coconut Feni is an alternative to the stronger cashew Feni; Serge Slow Tide Feni, Feni ...

From being seen as a harsh, smelly drink, to making a comeback as a heritage spirit that captures the very essence of Goan culture, the feni has come a long way. The romance of the feni has now found ...