Las Kumis – Drink of the warrior gods
The Meeting between Leo the Great (painted as a portrait of Leo X ) and Attila b y Raffael “Wars for a righteous cause result in peace but wars over self interest result in destruction during and after” ashok m. A n earlier post in this blog described healthy wines called Las wines of gods much healthier than any of the wines currently available in world markets. The present post is about another mildly alcoholic drink that is also a health drink. It is not a wine because it is not made from fruit juices but rather from milk. The drink described here is adapted from the ancient drink of Kumis. It’s the beverage of the horsemen of the Central Asian steppes, warriors like Attila the Hun or Genghis Khan. They were avid consumers of it. It appears to be still popular in countries like Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan or Kazakhstan. It created strong warriors, t he ones who caused the great migrations out of Central Asia between 400 and 800 AD. The Mongols led by Ge