Pito is a very popular drink from the North of Ghana. Two pito bars are near to my house which is an area inhabited by many migrant Dagaara and Grumah families from the North who have settled in the area. The migrant groups have their own chiefs and speak their own languages, as well as Twi, the local Akan language, and Hausa, a Nigerian language spoken as a lingua franca by many of the northern groups as well as many Akans in Kintampo. Pito is brewed from millet or guinea corn which is boiled and then mashed and sieved to produce the drink. It is served 'dokodoko' without alcohol, or yeast is added and the drink is left to ferment becoming 'dendenden' - 'very hard' ie alcoholic. It is traditionally drunk from a dried calabash. Pito is a favourite drink on market days when people meet to have a drink at one of the many pito sellers. But the pito bar is a nice place to drop by after work for a calabash of the sweet brew.
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