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/Sounds like "teh" (as in "ten") + "PAH" (as in "park") + "cheh" (as in "check")/

Meaning

A traditional fermented Mexican drink made from pineapple peel with piloncillo (raw sugar) and cinnamon. It's refreshing, slightly alcoholic, and sold at markets and street stands as the ancestral Mexican beverage it is.

Examples

At the market they sell ice-cold tepache for 10 pesos a glass.

My grandma makes the best tepache with her mom's recipe.

Regional synonyms

A person so boring and tiresome they drain the life out of everyone around them with their never-ending, dull conversation. Getting stuck with a plomo is like being sentenced to boredom prison.