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  • noun Alternative spelling of koumiss.

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  • noun an alcoholic beverage made from fermented mare's milk; made originally by nomads of central Asia

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Examples

  • Some scientists think that yoghurt's predecessor was a fermented milk drink called "kumis".

    Archive 2005-02-01 2005

  • Some scientists think that yoghurt's predecessor was a fermented milk drink called "kumis".

    Archive 2005-02-01 2005

  • Some scientists think that yoghurt's predecessor was a fermented milk drink called "kumis".

    Want to live 100 years? Eat Bulgarian yoghurt 2005

  • p = Product&pid = 57 calling kumis alcohol mixed with horse milk is a bit of insult, there's no mixing with alcohol, it gets there naturally, as in bear for example.

    Dark Roasted Blend 2010

  • They also make yogurt, kumis and gallons of arequipe there.

    The Cheese Run « Unknowing 2010

  • They make the popular, mild doble crema cheese, plus yogurt and kumis, and they also bag milk (milk is mostly sold in bags here).

    The Cheese Run « Unknowing 2010

  • The friendly proprietor gave us all yogurt or kumis (something that to me tastes much like yogurt) and we thanked him and departed.

    The Cheese Run « Unknowing 2010

  • A Tatar tribesman tried it that second night — ferocious, drunk on kumis and dangerous with it.

    Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

  • It was Rushad himself who would bring the opium tincture to the festal hall, late in the proceedings, and see it dispersed among the myriad pitchers of beer and kumis.

    Kushiel's Avatar Carey, Jacqueline, 1964- 2003

  • The 'strengthening kumis', the ambrosia of the Yakut gods, does not run dry in the wooden vessels, for luxuriant grass covers the ground, and cows and mares give abundant milk.

    Selected Polish Tales Else C. M. Benecke

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