Lao-Lao

Lao satoe, the white liquid by-product from lao-Lao production, is also drunk and it has a very yeasty and sweet taste.

[3][4] Although lao-Lao is traditionally drunk neat, a cocktail that is rising in popularity is the "Pygmy Slow Lorange", named after the pygmy slow loris, a species endemic to Laos.

[1][5] Lao-Lao sold on retail is usually clear, but amber colored varieties exist too.

[2] It is traditional to serve two glasses of lao-Lao on ceremonies, feasts and other comparable situations.

[3][4] A less powerful version of lao-Lao, called lao-hai, is especially popular with the Khamu ethnic group in Laos[citation needed], and is drunk from large communal earthenware pots (hai) through long bamboo straws.

Lao-Khamu men drinking lao-hai from an earthenware jar. Water is added to the jar to maintain the liquid level as the alcohol is sipped.
lao-Lao with scorpions