Iqhilika, African Coffee Mead
Staff Pick

Iqhilika, African Coffee Mead

Item # 35160 750mL

(eek-uh-lee-kuh). South African mead brewed with local roasted coffee beans. Unlike any other mead we've come across, this is incredibly complex with exotic aromas of honey and coffee and tangy sweet citrus flavors on the palate.
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Color
White
Country
South Africa
Producer
Iqhilika
Grape Variety
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Staff Pick Notes

Despite mead's tired associations with Vikings, Africa has some of the most vibrant contemporary mead-drinking cultures. Where European meads are produced commercially in small quantities as something of a novelty, in Africa mead is widely produced and consumed locally from wild-foraged honey rich in pollen and microbial debris perfect for fermentation. Makana is one of the few African meaderies marketing mead abroad, and we're better off for it. So are the bees! The company has been recognized for its extensive beekeeping program, fostering both biodiversity and employment in the Eastern Cape. This mead is relatively dry and light; not sticky, heavy, or cloyingly sweet at all. The addition of roasted coffee beans imparts a mild flavor, bitterness, and acidity to balance the sweetness of the honey without being overpowering. Delicious!

- SJF

Glossary

South Africa

South Africa is often lumped together, under some arbitrary umbrella heading, with the other wine-producing regions of the southern hemisphere - South America, Australia, New Zealand, etc. This does a severe injustice both to the fantastic wines of South Africa and to the wine consumer: the region is peerless in its harmonious synthesis of New and Old World winemaking styles. Wines lately coming out of South Africa - in particular, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc and...

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