What Tejate means
Tejate is a Mexican drink name of Nahuatl origin meaning "floury water". It is built from textli (flour, dough) and ātl (water). It is pronounced teh-HAH-teh, and it is most associated with Oaxaca.
A cold maize and cacao drink topped with a pale foam. Zapotec speakers, whose drink it is, call it cu'uhb; the Nahuatl name is the one Spanish borrowed and carried into general use.
Tejate is one of the many Mexican food words formed in Nahuatl. Spanish borrowed it, and in several cases English borrowed it again from Spanish. See how Nahuatl builds words and the full list of Mexican food names.
This is a site about what Mexican words mean, so there is no recipe here. For the name itself: Agua fresca, horchata, atole, tepache, pulque, mezcal. Most Mexican drink names are the name of the plant or grain they are made from, and the agave spirits are named for the towns and regions that make them.
