Ma kahi o 6,000 mau makahiki aku nei, ua ʻike ka poʻe Sumerians i kahi inu euphoric i kaulana a puni ka honua: pia.I mea e mālama pono ai i ka ʻono, ka hou a me ka maikaʻi o ka pia, ʻo ke kaʻina kānana membrane i ka wā o ka brewing pono e hoʻopaʻa paʻa i nā microorganisms, mea kūlohelohe, wehewehe, a me ka ʻono maikaʻi.Loaʻa iā Dongguan Qinda he 18 mau makahiki o ka hoʻomohala ʻana a me ka ʻike hana, i hui pū ʻia me ka hale hana hiki ke hāʻawi i nā lawelawe microbial a me ka hōʻoia, e hōʻoia i ka paʻa a me ka pono o nā huahana i hāʻawi ʻia.