Many poorer Romans drank wine-based beverage posca, a mixture of water and sour wine, wine that had spoiled but had not turned into vinegar.
Technically it was as much “wine” as the diluted wine served at a convivium or symposium.
Water of the time was often undrinkable, spoiled by dangerous bacteria. Spiking water with soured wine was a way to sterilize the water while, reusing wine that would otherwise be wasted.
Posca can provided calories and hydration, and vitamin C in the vinegar, was an antiscorbutic, meaning it prevent scurvy.
Soldiers from many cultures sipped it to increase strength and stamina and to stave off disease.
Posca beverage
Technically, any liquid intended for drinking is a beverage so named by a word derived from French and Latin verbs meaning ‘to drink.’ Healthy beverages are beverages with health benefits that attribute by its nutritional value. The use of healthy beverage for promoting health and relieving symptom is as old as the practice of medicine.
Friday, December 15, 2017
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