Tella or talla (amharic ጠላ; oromo: farsoo, tigrinya: siwa) is a traditional beer from ethiopia. it is brewed from various grains, typically teff and sorghum. depending on region, barley, wheat, or maize may be used; spices can also be added. dried and ground shiny-leaf buckthorn leaves are used for fermentation. due to the addition of bread and use of a fermentation vessel which has been smoked over dried olive wood or abyssinian rose wood, tella may have a smoky flavour. the alcohol content of unfiltered tella is usually around 2–4 volume percent, filtered tella contains about 5–6 vol%.tella is often home-brewed. it may be offered in tella houses (tellabet), usually in regular homes, whe...

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