On hot and humid days, Cambodia provides a range of options for quenching your thirst. However, many are served with ice, which, while typically from a factory and therefore safe, you may want to avoid if you’ve just arrived in the country and you want to try Cambodian drinks. We have the perfect list for you. In this article, we are going to discuss some of the most popular drinks of Cambodia.
The locals of Cambodia consume beer or powerful native alcoholic beverages produced from sugar cane or rice (similar to Mekong whiskey offered in Thailand). The beer in Cambodia is frequently flat and watery. The most popular native beer is Angkor. Anchor, Singha beer from Thailand, Tiger beer from Singapore, and a few Vietnamese and Chinese brands of beer, as well as European brands like Heineken and Carlsberg, are all available. You will be seeing lots of alcoholic drinks in Cambodia. But don’t get confused about which one to try. We have curated a list of the most popular drinks of Cambodia for you below.
In Cambodia, the average annual beer consumption is only seven liters per person (compared with 30 or so in Vietnam and Thailand). According to Cambodian Tourism. Although some foreigners claim that Sra Special, a local whisky-like mixture, is not awful, local spirits should be avoided. It’s a cheap way to oblivion, costing roughly 1000r each bottle.
Check out our list of the 5 most popular drinks of Cambodia:
1. Rice Wine
In Cambodia, rice wine is a popular beverage. It has an alcohol concentration of 18 to 25%, therefore you should consume it with caution. The majority of the time, production takes place in homes and is brewed with locally sourced components. The majority of rice farmers are also rice winemakers who do this on the side. To avoid waste, the waste from the rice during the winemaking process is fed to pigs.
2. Cambodian Alcohol
Angkor, Phnom Penh, Kingdom, and Cambodia are the local beers. Heineken, Tiger, San Miguel, Asahi, and Anchor are among the other brands. In restaurants, a can of beer costs between $1 and $1.50. Foreign wines and spirits are offered at reasonable costs in Phnom Penh. In addition to the typical Heineken and Carlsberg, a variety of different beers are available, including ABC Stout, which is dark and pretty consume. Many of the inexpensive beers, such as Crown or Leo, are not particularly pleasant and are exclusively consumed by locals.
3. Golden Muscle Wine
Find a bottle of Golden Muscle Wine for a really Khmer experience. This pitch-black cocktail made from deer antlers and different herbs, advertised on tuk-tuks everywhere, packs a 35 percent punch and tastes awful when taken straight, but may be made relatively edible (though not precisely nice) by adding tonic water or cola. It’s also the cheapest genuine drink around, at US$2 for a 350 ml flask of the original and US$3 for the “X.O.” variant. Making it one of the most popular drinks of Cambodia.
4. Crown beer and Leo beer
Foreigners and locals alike drink a variety of beers in Cambodia (draught Angkor, Leo, Crown beer, Tiger Beer, Craft beer, and so on). Tourists, on the other hand, prefer Lao and Tiger beers. For those on a budget, Crown and Leo beers are two of the more affordable options. ‘Som teuk Koh is a phrase that means (ice, please). Because of the scarcity of refrigerators in the countryside, it is important to learn the language in order to communicate.
5. Spirits and wine
Cambodians are big wine lovers. It’s quite widespread among the northeast’s ethnic minorities. It is made by a months-long fermenting procedure that includes mild sugar-palm wine and ginger wine, and the flavor is really powerful. Other international wines and spirits brewed in nations like Australia, Europe, and South America are generally offered in Cambodian supermarkets. Seekers gin and Saami rum, for example, are more expensive since they are manufactured locally with Cambodian ingredients.
Cambodia’s drink culture is just as intriguing as the world-famous Angkor Complex, which you should not miss on a Cambodian tour. Drinking is a popular social practice in Cambodia. Some of the most popular drinks of Cambodia are listed above. We hope you enjoyed this article. If you have any queries feel free to ask in the comment section below.
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