Was glad to read about the efforts being made to improve the quality of our favourite tipple. Whenever I offer feni to my Scottish friends, they always say that it keeps 'repeating' itself even on the next day, and this tends to put them off! If the experts can try and eliminate this, and continue with their Quality Control, I think Feni could soon become more acceptable worldwide, and rank with some of the best from other countries.
Anyway, here's cheers to Feni(fortunately I have some which I brought back on my last visit to Goa). Glad also to hear of a Feni festival. This reminds me of a Chilli Festival I attended in Perth(Western Australia), where there were hundreds of varieties of chillies on display, including many jams and pickles etc produced from the chillies. I even bumped into a Zanzibari stall holder selling the fiery *pili pili ho ho. *In addition to buy a jar, I was able to brush up on my Ki-Swahili! The two-day festival attracted thousands of chilli lovers. Perhaps Goa could stage one some day? Mervyn M.
