The Travels of Marco Polo, Vol. 1 · Marco Polo

Book II, Chapter XXIX: Concerning the Rice-wine Drunk by the People of Cathay

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Most of the people of Cathay drink wine of the kind that I shall now describe. It is a liquor which they brew of rice with a quantity of excellent spice, in such fashion that it makes better drink than any other kind of wine; it is not only good, but clear and pleasing to the eye. And being very hot stuff, it makes one drunk sooner than any other wine.

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