Moldovan Beverages

Specialised

Wine first; then rachiu and ţuică distilled at home from plums, apples, grape pomace or apricots; divin, the Moldovan brandy; beer; compot of stewed dried or fresh fruit, which is the everyday non-alcoholic drink of the household; must during the pressing; herbal and linden infusions; kvas in the Slavic communities; and coffee and tea as later imports — coffee through the Ottoman connection in the upper kitchen long before it was general.